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

[THB]

Great subject Chris - there is one here at the Australian War Memorial museum - one of two that were purchased for the Point Cook Central Flying School just before WWI. Story here and pics below.

But also there's a great video at the bottom of that article - a bit slow moving but if you go to 6:03:18:24 it shows the wing covering being applied to the wing like a big pillowcase (is that how it was done? - I'll have to try that method) during the restoration in the 1960s and eventually parked next to a Mirage.
Hope it is of interest!
Tim

[Squirrelnet]

Thanks Tim

'Dirty Dustbin' - I hope that is not an omen for this model 

I wasn't aware of the use of non flying airframes for training until I read a book on Bleriots. They often suffered the same fate when old and tired, had their wings clipped and were fitted with less powerful engines. They were known as Penguins. Dirty Dustbin Penguin is not a combination of words I thought I would end up typing in HPA !!!!

Video is great. I assume the pillowcase method was as it's a non flying museum piece and that's quick and easy I won't be replicating that bit on the model