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Full Throttle - Sopwith Snipe.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:56 am
by Christopher Carnley
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:35 am
by Steve Welton
Wonderful to see!
Brilliant.
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:13 pm
by Martin Webster
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
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:29 pm
by John Murch
I assume that this engine was one of the New Zealand built ones, see
http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects ... uild-story
For lots of interesting stuff on early aircraft,
John
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:34 am
by Christopher Carnley
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(!).
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:11 am
by John Murch
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.
