Thanks Nick - great to see the broad gauge track anvil. I have 2 similar devices, one offcut from the East Coast mainline, and the other from the old CPR in Canada! Like you, if I spot something lying about that may be of use one day, I ‘tidy’ it away to my workshop to help out. Best wishes for Christmas and 2024 to you.
Have a great Christmas yourself and family. Not sure if it was due to camera angle but I thought the the camber of the tailplane ribs was greater on the underside than on the top. If this is the case it was a detail that I was unaware of, if so, presumably done so tht the tailplane does not need so much negative incidence with regard to the main wing incidence.
Well spotted! The inner (longer) steel tube rib is slightly cambered. It is only slight and I can't tell, from looking at my C3, whether the curve should be on the top or bottom. The leading edge attachment has three positions to adjust the tailplane incidence. Also, the tailplanes are not 'handed' so they can be swopped around if necessary. Hopefully a test hop will ascertain the most suitable setting.
Are those tree trunks embedded in the walls of your shop? Do you know what species they are? Here in Virginia, they would get eaten by termites in short order! Great video. The weather here is supposed to be good for the next couple of days so I will be flying my Aeronca Champ and thinking of your C3.
Another fun show! Thanks!! I am curious though as to why you reference inch based measurements?? I am just an old slow farm boy but I thought England was metric or even Whitworth foolery years back??? Merry Christmas to all!! Dan
England is traditionally imperial and we still use statute miles for distance. Measurements can be imperial or metric; old machines are usually imperial. The metric system comes from mainland Europe, along with cowards and communists 🤣 Screw threads can be Whitworth, Unified or Metric. Interestingly, the American Aeronca E113 engine has Unified and Metric threaded components and the British version, known as the JAP J99, has the same plus Whitworth too! I tend to avoid anything metric as it reminds me of the French.
Is this a restoration or a replica? Is it legal to replace wire cables with flat braces? This idea failed on a Bowers Fly Baby homebuilt in US. Might search for it on RUclips.
The flying wires (what you call flat braces) are original equipment; wire cables are not. The Fly Baby can have either. The C2 is a recreation using lots of original material.
Thanks Nick - great to see the broad gauge track anvil. I have 2 similar devices, one offcut from the East Coast mainline, and the other from the old CPR in Canada! Like you, if I spot something lying about that may be of use one day, I ‘tidy’ it away to my workshop to help out. Best wishes for Christmas and 2024 to you.
Thank you. Two of my doorstops are other pieces of railway track. Useful stuff although b. heavy to carry far.
Thanks for all your hard work Nick, I look forward to more in 2024.
Plenty more on the way 👍
I was so hoping a gnats crochet was Dickens 😏
Wholly attributable to the late Humphrey Lyttleton 🙂
@@FlyingForFunTrecanairOf whom Samantha speaks very fondly. Sven less so.
Have a great Christmas yourself and family. Not sure if it was due to camera angle but I thought the the camber of the tailplane ribs was greater on the underside than on the top. If this is the case it was a detail that I was unaware of, if so, presumably done so tht the tailplane does not need so much negative incidence with regard to the main wing incidence.
Well spotted! The inner (longer) steel tube rib is slightly cambered. It is only slight and I can't tell, from looking at my C3, whether the curve should be on the top or bottom. The leading edge attachment has three positions to adjust the tailplane incidence. Also, the tailplanes are not 'handed' so they can be swopped around if necessary. Hopefully a test hop will ascertain the most suitable setting.
Just shows the effort and time it takes to craft a good ship. Always enjoy the videos, thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas Nick
Merry Christmas Lloyd 👍
Great video. Greta PFTAW 👍
She is quite ghastly
Glad it worked out!
Much easier done in the shed, although a tight squeeze!
Merry Christmas….thanks for all the great videos. Got a lead on an Aeronca 65 TAC.
Terrific, keep us all posted 👍
Love the Aeronca videos! Merry Christmas to you as well.
Thank you for supporting the channel 👍
Merry Christmas to you. Maybe someone will offer a stash of E113 parts at a great price to you.
Father Christmas is welcome to try stuffing Aeronca parts down the chimney 🤣
You,re the man! Scratch building a flying bathtub!
Yes, quite a foolish endeavour. Most of the fuselage was built in a villa in Abu Dhabi!
@@FlyingForFunTrecanair what about the wings? Uhh, I,m an old man now but I,d love to build a Hatz biplane . And a ,and a...
@@russellesimonetta9071 I’m collecting the spars next week. Ribs and lots of metalwork done, I hope to start assembling them next year.
@@russellesimonetta9071 ..and a, and a..! I'm the same; one would like to build so many.
Are those tree trunks embedded in the walls of your shop? Do you know what species they are? Here in Virginia, they would get eaten by termites in short order! Great video. The weather here is supposed to be good for the next couple of days so I will be flying my Aeronca Champ and thinking of your C3.
They are lengths of redundant telephone pole. Pressure treated in creosote, we don’t have termites, thankfully 🙂
Another fun show! Thanks!! I am curious though as to why you reference inch based measurements?? I am just an old slow farm boy but I thought England was metric or even Whitworth foolery years back??? Merry Christmas to all!! Dan
Many of us older people still tend to think in real numbers !
England is traditionally imperial and we still use statute miles for distance. Measurements can be imperial or metric; old machines are usually imperial. The metric system comes from mainland Europe, along with cowards and communists 🤣 Screw threads can be Whitworth, Unified or Metric. Interestingly, the American Aeronca E113 engine has Unified and Metric threaded components and the British version, known as the JAP J99, has the same plus Whitworth too! I tend to avoid anything metric as it reminds me of the French.
Is this a restoration or a replica? Is it legal to replace wire cables with flat braces? This idea failed on a Bowers Fly Baby homebuilt in US. Might search for it on RUclips.
The flying wires (what you call flat braces) are original equipment; wire cables are not. The Fly Baby can have either. The C2 is a recreation using lots of original material.
@@FlyingForFunTrecanair Thanks for replying. 😊