Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
Gday Mike,
Your history checks with my soarce up until the 06/47 transfer to the RNZAF.It's good to know her full history to this date.Thanks Mike.
A52-20 saved by chooks
Mate I will have to send some Mortine over, their in plague proportions across the ditch.
Cheers Mike
Dave
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
One of the reasons/problems that have left us with no flyin original Mozzie's even though there are quite a few extant, is that they are glued airframes, and no matter how good they appear to the eye the glue is way past its safe date(there were even issues with the glue in the war), so no official body will give certification/permission to fly because of this.
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
Great thread!
Now without any research on the subject and with only a laymans knowledge to go on...I have to wonder why what I consider to be a fairly similar aircraft (the Me110) was generally deemed a failure (except maybe in nightfighter mode) compared to the Mosquito?
Was the Me110 underpowered? underarmed? underdeployed operationally?
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
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Glenn66
Great thread!
Now without any research on the subject and with only a laymans knowledge to go on...I have to wonder why what I consider to be a fairly similar aircraft (the Me110) was generally deemed a failure (except maybe in nightfighter mode) compared to the Mosquito?
Was the Me110 underpowered? underarmed? underdeployed operationally?
Maneuverability and agilty were the 110's problems , especially compared to the Mosquito with its light wooden frame
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
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yeahrite
One of the reasons/problems that have left us with no flyin original Mozzie's even though there are quite a few extant, is that they are glued airframes, and no matter how good they appear to the eye the glue is way past its safe date(there were even issues with the glue in the war), so no official body will give certification/permission to fly because of this.
Tha RAAF had problems with the glue coming apart in tropical environments with their Mossies.
I will have a look at home for the RAAF's solution to the problem.
Cheers
Dave
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Thanatos
Tha RAAF had problems with the glue coming apart in tropical environments with their Mossies.
I will have a look at home for the RAAF's solution to the problem.
Cheers
Dave
There was a change of glue, not sure detail, but they will be animal or insect based glues probably, as decent man made chemical glues of the epoxy type etc. were not yet available.
regards
j
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
Spot on J
CSIR tests had shown that camouflaged Mosquitoes absorbed heat which accelerated deterioration of glued wooden joints. Mosquitoes with casein glued joints were usually not sent to tropical areas as this glue was derived from cow's milk and proved attractive to insects as well as being subject to mould growth and break down due to humidity . Urea formaldehyde 'Beetle' glue was used as a substitute for casein to remedy the problem.
Cheers all
Dave
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Re: Mosquito ! Sit down before you read this.
My friends father was a mosquito pilot .. he was one of the only pilots with Indian heritage.
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