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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
Lancaster!
- Thread starter Roger
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Canberra Man
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Lancasters are not, repeat not covered with canvas. They are alloy skinned and riveted. I worked on the Lincoln with 617 Squadron and the Lincoln was just a bigger Lancaster. The only aircraft in service during WW2 fabric covered were Avro Anson. Airspeed Oxford. Fairey Swordfish. The Hawker Hurricane had a fabric covered fuselage and the earlier marks had faric covered wings. Also numerous aicraft like the Auster and Tiger Moths.1 major flaw (in my opion) .... lancs are canvas covered, not metal .. so they shouldnt be glossy,it really shows on the shot of the coastie and the nose shot, looks great otherwise
Ken
krazycolin
Banned
And lets not forget the Mosquito....
The Mossie was plywood, not canvas.
Anyway, the key point of this thread is a fantastic look ing Lanc, can't wait
krazycolin
Banned
It was canvas on the outside, plywood on the inside. (At least, according to wikipedia)
Thats a bit misleading because it implies, to the aviation minded anyway, a wooden skeleton or frame, with a skin of canvas.
The fuselage and wings of the Mosquito were plywood with a coating of doped Madaploam fabric, in the same manner wallpaper covers a plaster wall. The fuselage was actually a plywood/balsa sandwich, formed in concrete moulds in two halves, then glued together along its length.
Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
Matt Wynn
New member
if i recall it wasn't just any balsa but Ecuadorian balsa, being light on its feet and wooden (hence the mozzie being called the 'wooden wonder') it could take a heck of a beating and still get home
IanHenry
Charter Member
Yes the Mosquito is made of Balsa and Plywood. The last time that I went to Elvington air museum near <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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Incidentally if you are ever near York the museum is well worth a visit, it’s situated on a second world war bomber base (Halifax’s) and you can certainly sample the atmosphere and feel the ‘ghosts’ in the place.
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peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
They used to make mossie's about 5 minutes from where I live in a bed frame factory of all places during the war!
Just saw Dambusters not too long ago. Guess I need to go have a look at the Mohne and Eder areas in FSX... should be able to do some nice stuff now with FSX to show a damaged dam.
Man.. that mesh should be even more accurate now... it was a beast in FS9 to approach the Eder!
If only we could do bouncing bombs. Grrrrr
Man.. that mesh should be even more accurate now... it was a beast in FS9 to approach the Eder!
If only we could do bouncing bombs. Grrrrr
Now you're scaring me.
/glances over both shoulders to ensure you're not behind me/
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Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
Don't worry Ian. am a Tammy (Tamworth) well out of your way i'm sure
Diametrically opposite on the West Midlands.