Hey lads! Farman MF.7 "longhorn"

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Ganter

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Does anyone know where I can get my hands on one of these?
Just been reading about the exploits of a young RAF chap in 1915 and his description of flying it.
Would like to give it a go.
 
Google says there is none.

But there's a video of one in some flight simulator. I suspect it's Rise Of Flight or Over Flanders Fields.
 
Yes, I saw that one. Looks like you're right.
There's a brilliant Sketchup model in the 3D warehouse.

Maybe this is the time I get Gmax and go for it.
 
I would love to have one of these in the sim as my Grandfather trained RFC pilots on them.
 
Hello-
The Farman sounded familiar, so I checked my install of Il-2 B.A.T. There wasn't a Longhorn, but there were a few versions of the Shorthorn...

- Mike Z.
 
Well, if anybody fancies strapping an engine and getting the control surfaces working on this model:

 
Roger said:
I would love to have one of these in the sim as my Grandfather trained RFC pilots on them.
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Roger, what got my pecker up was reading a description of it by a certain Duncan Grimmel-Milne, who left the infantry to join The Royal Flying Corps.
He flew one at the age of eighteen at Shoreham in 1915. A few weeks later he went down the coast to Lee-On-Solent (my home airfield) where he duly gained his wings.
This was his first aeroplane that he flew under instruction. He got his wings 8 weeks later, flew in the war, got shot down and was a POW until he escaped at the beginning of 1918 and returned to the front line.
I wonder if your Grandfather was at either of these airfields?

p.s; The book was a very lucky find in my local charity book shop; "The Mammoth Book Of Fighter Pilots" - Eyewitness accounts of air combat from the Red Baron to today's Top Guns" - Edited by Jon E. Lewis. Published by Robinson in 1992.
 
Hi Jim,

Unfortunately we know little of my Grandfather's postings and where he trained new pilots. He was with the Notts RHA in Mesopotamia then suddenly he was RFC and a pilot trainer. I'd love to find out more and perhaps in the future I'll invest in some military history.
 
Interesting Plane

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Grinnell-Milne's "Wind in the Wires" is a classic. He was captured in 1915, escaped, flew SE5a's with 56, and his "Schweinhund" SE is available as a repaint by Peter Watkins for the Just Flight a/c.
 
Well, I dragged it from Sketchup into Model ConverterX and then into FSX. It's at 50' AGL, no moving parts and the lady from Sketchup came with it - but at least she's at ground level.
Now, how do you work Blender? ;-)
(I have written to the creator of the original model to double check licensing, etc.)

 
Ganter said:
Well, I dragged it from Sketchup into Model ConverterX and then into FSX. It's at 50' AGL, no moving parts and the lady from Sketchup came with it - but at least she's at ground level.
Now, how do you work Blender? ;-)
(I have written to the creator of the original model to double check licensing, etc.)

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Looking great so far Jim!
 
Thanks Roger,

I am busy researching how to make parts move. Propeller would be a good start! then an elevator then an aileron or two!

I'm going to make this "Flying Piano" as the Baron called it, FLY!

According to Grinnell-Milne the Vs was 43 MPH and the Vne was 53 - that's a flight envelope of 8 MPH. Mad.
 
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