Re: Beaufighter Restoration
Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:54 am
Quite a number of aircraft types used...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Hercules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Hercules
Re: Beaufighter Restoration
Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:56 pm
Kerman -the Canadian Halifax project to build/restore another centres on Hastings parts recovered from Malta. There was a stock of engines purchased from Hawkair which are former Bristol Freighter engines. The project is not to fly -there is very little similarity with the wartime engine and post war units hence why we don't have a flying Beaufighter yet!
Re: Beaufighter Restoration
Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:26 pm
The other big issue is they are sleeve valve engines. Nobody makes sleeve valves anymore and the stock of NOS ones is minimal even for the few engines still using them and there are no currently flying aircraft using the Hercules and just a handful of Centaurus powered Sea Furies still flying. This is why a lot of them got repowered with Pratt and Whitneys.
Re: Beaufighter Restoration
Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:23 am
