Christopher Carnley
Joined: 16 Nov 2007
Posts: 2746
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:56 am Post subject: Full Throttle - Sopwith Snipe. |
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Here are a few pictures of the 1:1 Replica of the BR2 installed in the Snipe.Built to FAA airworthiness standards.
If anyone wishes to see the full set(!) then I will post more.
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Steve Welton
Joined: 17 Oct 2013
Posts: 105
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Wonderful to see!
Brilliant. |
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Martin Webster
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Posts: 188
Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Please post some more images Chris. I would be particularly interested in the modern materials for example modern alloys that were not available when the engines were manufactured originally. Kind regards.
B88HR |
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John Murch
Joined: 05 Jun 1976
Posts: 1567
Location: London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Carnley
Joined: 16 Nov 2007
Posts: 2746
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:34 am Post subject: |
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John,
No, the above was built in Germany 2009/11. The New Zealand built replica Snipe and its replica engine were purchased by Kermit Weeks and that aircraft is in Florida.
I am very busy just now with a number of broken parts needed as always for rallies,and will post more pictures when the day cools down a bit(!). |
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John Murch
Joined: 05 Jun 1976
Posts: 1567
Location: London, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| How amazing that two lots of people chose to build replica BR2 engines, so much duplicated effort! Although I am equally amazed that there are so many manufacturers of new 4.5 WO engine blocks. |
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