TAVAS Fokker Triplane first flight!

[Bubbleboy]

Congratulations to Andrew Carter on his first flight of the Fokker Triplane!

 

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Wow, looks great Scotty. Nice grass field too, to complement the aircraft. Where is this?

 

 

[Bubbleboy]

Its at Caboolture Lyle.

 

 

[Bandit12]

It's surprising how big the Tripe is! Looks fantastic, well done to TAVAS and Andrew.

 

 

[Gnarly Gnu]

Terrific! Anyone know what the engine is? Doesn't look like it is running on castor oil at any rate.

 

 

[Bubbleboy]

Terrific! Anyone know what the engine is? Doesn't look like it is running on castor oil at any rate.

Its a modern Aero engine from memory but I believe Andrew wants to replace it with one of the Rotary engines they are building in NZ.

 

 

[facthunter]

The original rotary engines ran on castor oil at a HIGH rate. Nev

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Nice plane. 2 questions.

 

Is that the fuel tank between the wheels?

 

What are the wooden "handles" for on the tips of the wing?

 

 

[facthunter]

They improve the "handleing" Nev

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Big congratulations Andrew...and nicely flown also ! Very authentic looking aircraft .....great job.

 

The handles on the lower wing tips are to keep the wings out of the dirt !

 

 

[Bandit12]

Is that the fuel tank between the wheels?

I believe it is just a fairing for the axle to reduce drag.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Thanks guys. Re the 'fuel' tank question, at one point in the taxi sequence, the though I saw a filler cap but it must be an illusion.

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

On some German types the 'wing' on the axel had a couple of spikes attached to its rear edge. By pulling on a cable attached to the foward edge, the spikes would contact the ground for braking, as few of these aircraft at the time had any wheel brakes fitted..................Maj....

 

 

[facthunter]

They made illusions in Russia DP. Nev

 

 

[Deskpilot]

They made illusions in Russia DP. Nev