seb7701 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Just had this shown to me. Great vid and quite amazing single engine performance for a twin I would assume. (Don't know much about twins...) Enjoy! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 That was interesting....were they made at the commonwealth aircraft factory or did dehavlend have their own factory....someone on this forum will know/ I have always wanted to make a RC large scale model of the mozzie such a fantastic plane Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJH Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 They were built at DeHavilland's Bankstown N.S.W. plant during WWII. My aunt worked there, installing the Mosquito electrical system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks for the info I knew someone on here would know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Fantastic, heh also noticed the barely-existant OHS in that factory, fagging on the job and all.... yet managed to work so efficiently & turn out a great product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb7701 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 That should eliminate anyone concerned about wooden aeroplanes. I especially like the four bolts holding each engine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 That should eliminate anyone concerned about wooden aeroplanes. I especially like the four bolts holding each engine! STREWTH!!! Perhaps Jabiru could use them as engine 'through bolts'. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngster Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 The theory behind the Mosquito was to build a bomber so fast that it would not need a fighter escort or gun turrets. Nothing could keep up with it (from either side, even a Spitfire or ME109). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatmal Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 An amazing aircraft the Mosquito. The attached photo shows my Father about to climb into an RNZAF 75 Squadron Mosquito to go on a photo recon mission - 1944 I think. Sadly, I didn't get to see this photo until last week, when we used it on the back of the service sheet for his funeral. I never spoke with Dad much about his service, but at the funeral were many old RNZAF personnel, who helped to fill in the gaps with some very cool stories. For me, learning to fly was tough enough without people shooting at me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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