facthunter Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Having ailerons on all mainplanes would be an advantage as well as Brakes When brakes are fitted to the DH82 you have to move the wheels further forward which makes them LESS nice directionally. Canadian built ones had them as well as an enclosed sliding cockpit. and a tailwheel. . Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 5 hours ago, BrendAn said: It was fitted in place of whatever the original was. He said there is an stc for the conversion. I think it was fairly common for the B models to be built with a Gypsy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 minutes ago, Red said: I think it was fairly common for the B models to be built with a Gypsy I think he removed a Renault and fitted the gypsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 19 hours ago, facthunter said: Having ailerons on all mainplanes would be an advantage as well as Brakes When brakes are fitted to the DH82 you have to move the wheels further forward which makes them LESS nice directionally. Canadian built ones had them as well as an enclosed sliding cockpit. and Aah interesting that choice between the tendency to ground loop with a more forward positioned maingear and the likelihood of nosing over when placed further back, never knew about this mod on tiger moths. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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