1911 Deperdussin for CO2

[Squirrelnet]

Sometimes things happen by coincidence..

I just got a copy of the booklet by AE Grimmer on flying early aircraft, he owned both the Shuttleworth Bleriot and the Deperdussin. There's a picture of him sitting the Deperdussin in, I think 1913 looking remarkably like my ebay 3d print silicon moulded expanding foam  pilot who I shall now call Albert (Grimmer). 

[TheLurker]

All he needs now is, "...a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle."

[Squirrelnet]

Another step forward asI now have an RPM regulator for the G160TS which will help a lot when it comes to trimming and getting the right power without needing to individually adjust the each cylinder.

They seem to be quite rare items but a fellow member of HPA kindly let me have one

I did try the regulator as it was but it it was stuck shut so I very gently took it apart. After a lot of head scratching and many emails to CO2 Guru GM about how it actually meters the co2 and which bits should move I discovered the central pin has a taper on it and this had stuck fast in the housing, presumably as it had not been used for a while. For while I thought this was all one unit, it is not and after a bit persuasion it came apart.  Cleaned, oiled and reassembled the valve works very well and should make trimming much easier than indivdually adjusting each cylinder on the 3 cylinder radial

pics show regulator and the exploded valve and the now freed up metering taper

[Squirrelnet]

There's a video of the RPM Regulator working here