frihjul92
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Lovely aeroplane, but needs new prop.
William :salute:
Lovely aeroplane, but needs new prop.
William :salute:
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Heads Up. Wicko GM1
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Thanks for your reply William, I have been in this sort of discussion before as has Dave M! For myself I do not have a shutter system in my eyeballs, so in the real world anything faster than a few feet/sec is a blurr without any 'static' stutters ( unless the motor is misfiring very badly), so that is what I prefer. One does see analogue & even worse, with modern digital cameras, effects that create a stroboscopic vision of rotating blades, so not real.....
As Kikas says above if you prefer a stroboscopic effect, swap the prop in the texture folder....
Keith
As Kikas says above if you prefer a stroboscopic effect, swap the prop in the texture folder....
Keith
Geoffrey Wikner was an Australian aircraft designer who moved to England in May 1934 and with his partners formed the Foster Wikner Aircraft Company Limited to build a low-cost two-seat high-wing monoplane. Low cost was helped by fitting a standard Ford V8 vehicle engine instead of an specialist aero-engine. The V.8 was fitted with a Pobjoy reduction gear and was known as the Wicko F power unit. The prototype aircraft was built at the J.F. Lusty's furniture factory at Bromley-by-Bow. The completed aircraft, designated the Wicko F.W.1 was taken by road to Stapleford Aerodrome, Essex and first flew in September 1936. Due to the 450 lb (200 kg) weight of the engine, the aircraft needed a long takeoff run and had a poor rate of climb.
The prototype was rebuilt as the Wicko F.W.2 with a more powerful but much lighter - 227 lb (103 kg) - aircooled Cirrus Minor I engine. This resulted in a useful reduction in overall weight but the price increased from £425 to £650. The second and subsequent aircraft were built at Southampton Airport after the company moved in 1937. The second machine was initially powered by a Cirrus Major motor and designated F.W.3, but later re-engined with a de Havilland Gipsy Major. The eight machines subsequently completed used this engine as reflected by the name Wicko G.M.1. At the start of the Second World War production ceased and one airframe remained unfinished.
One aircraft exported to New Zealand was impressed into wartime service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, crashing in 1942. Seven aircraft in the United Kingdom were impressed and another accepted directly into wartime service with the Royal Air Force, under the service name Warferry. But infact there was only one Warferry built - this being a three seat variant. For some reason all GM1s that were impressed took up the Warferry name.
The airframe modelled here had the construction number 5 and was first registered in 1938 to the Midland Aero Club Ltd at Castle Bromwich. It was first flown on the 1st November 1938. During the war it was impressed into RAF service as DR613 and after service with Rolls Royce was sent to White Waltham where it served with the Air Transport Auxiliary - 15 Ferry Pilot Pool. With them it overturned in gusty conditions at Andover in December 1941. After repairs it went to Cunliffe-Owen at Eastleigh, but was placed into storage at 5 MU at Kemble on the 16th June 1944.
After the war it was re-registered as G-AFJB and purchased by its designer Geoffrey Wikner. The C of A was renewed in February 1946 and the GM1 was sold to Miss Philippa M Bennett at Eastleigh who used the aeroplane for Air Taxi work. It was damaged on overshooting the runway at Walney Island and subsequently fell over the cliff (same thing happened to our last model - the SkyJeep!) on the 8th September 1946. Rebuilt by Martin Hearn at Hooton Park. Michael and Joe Dible bought her in 1955 and after several other owners, repurchased her again in 1998 and had her rebuilt.
I could write pages here about this wonderful aeroplane, but think it would be best if you visited www.wicko.com as this site run by the current owners has far far more information on the type, than these notes here. And talking of the owners, this project would have been virtually impossible to complete without their assistance throughout its course. Thank you gentlemen!!
I realise that some people are having problems with the propeller - but it was installed like that on this model, as in feedback received as to other aeroplanes, people have stated that they prefer to see a propeller defined as which has been modelled here. As the majority of us know that you only really see the prop with the sun behind it (and thats not very often here in England!), it of course can be changed by yourselves to something you think is more suitable as long as the amended file is not uploaded.
As to the windows, well that was a minor overlook and will hopefully be amended. Each model as most of you know takes over 600 hours to create and whilst I test them before they go to our beta team, we have somehow missed this - this time. We can't of course be perfect all of the time, can we?
Well I hope you enjoy flying the Wicko and reading of its exploits on the webpage. The next project is being started today..........
Best wishes and Happy Landings,
Martin Pengelly
The prototype was rebuilt as the Wicko F.W.2 with a more powerful but much lighter - 227 lb (103 kg) - aircooled Cirrus Minor I engine. This resulted in a useful reduction in overall weight but the price increased from £425 to £650. The second and subsequent aircraft were built at Southampton Airport after the company moved in 1937. The second machine was initially powered by a Cirrus Major motor and designated F.W.3, but later re-engined with a de Havilland Gipsy Major. The eight machines subsequently completed used this engine as reflected by the name Wicko G.M.1. At the start of the Second World War production ceased and one airframe remained unfinished.
One aircraft exported to New Zealand was impressed into wartime service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, crashing in 1942. Seven aircraft in the United Kingdom were impressed and another accepted directly into wartime service with the Royal Air Force, under the service name Warferry. But infact there was only one Warferry built - this being a three seat variant. For some reason all GM1s that were impressed took up the Warferry name.
The airframe modelled here had the construction number 5 and was first registered in 1938 to the Midland Aero Club Ltd at Castle Bromwich. It was first flown on the 1st November 1938. During the war it was impressed into RAF service as DR613 and after service with Rolls Royce was sent to White Waltham where it served with the Air Transport Auxiliary - 15 Ferry Pilot Pool. With them it overturned in gusty conditions at Andover in December 1941. After repairs it went to Cunliffe-Owen at Eastleigh, but was placed into storage at 5 MU at Kemble on the 16th June 1944.
After the war it was re-registered as G-AFJB and purchased by its designer Geoffrey Wikner. The C of A was renewed in February 1946 and the GM1 was sold to Miss Philippa M Bennett at Eastleigh who used the aeroplane for Air Taxi work. It was damaged on overshooting the runway at Walney Island and subsequently fell over the cliff (same thing happened to our last model - the SkyJeep!) on the 8th September 1946. Rebuilt by Martin Hearn at Hooton Park. Michael and Joe Dible bought her in 1955 and after several other owners, repurchased her again in 1998 and had her rebuilt.
I could write pages here about this wonderful aeroplane, but think it would be best if you visited www.wicko.com as this site run by the current owners has far far more information on the type, than these notes here. And talking of the owners, this project would have been virtually impossible to complete without their assistance throughout its course. Thank you gentlemen!!
I realise that some people are having problems with the propeller - but it was installed like that on this model, as in feedback received as to other aeroplanes, people have stated that they prefer to see a propeller defined as which has been modelled here. As the majority of us know that you only really see the prop with the sun behind it (and thats not very often here in England!), it of course can be changed by yourselves to something you think is more suitable as long as the amended file is not uploaded.
As to the windows, well that was a minor overlook and will hopefully be amended. Each model as most of you know takes over 600 hours to create and whilst I test them before they go to our beta team, we have somehow missed this - this time. We can't of course be perfect all of the time, can we?
Well I hope you enjoy flying the Wicko and reading of its exploits on the webpage. The next project is being started today..........
Best wishes and Happy Landings,
Martin Pengelly
