Thruxton Jackaroo

[Molyned]

Latest news - here's the progress so far.

The aircraft is very nearly finished so it's time to get it off to Brian Horsey for some F.D.E. work.
I can find very little on its flight performance other that it seems to behave like a Tiger Moth. Not too surprising as it's a modified one. OTOH it's meant to hold 4 and has a larger fuel tank so there must be some differences ?
Next stage will be beta testing and then ... publish to the woooorld.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[maarten]

Dave,

Can I place an order for this beautiful wee bird please?

Cheers,
Maarten

[darrenvox]

looks good cant wait...is it going to be free

[DaveB]

Yes.. all Dave's models are free

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

Always the Gentleman, Dave!
You could have given your bank details for lodgement of a reasonable fee!

[Molyned]

No point Mike - SWBMO would just misappropriate any payments towards her shoes fund.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[JohnWillimas]

Dave, I imagine you've seen these which look to have relevant data but just in case not....

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... h=jackaroo

and http://www.tigerboys.com/jackaroo.html




Regards

John

[Dev One]

Very interesting flight test report, I hope it can be easily replicated in the FDE, which sometimes can be very difficult to achieve.
Keith

[Molyned]

Yes, thanks John; I have those documents.
There are a couple of innocent sounding comments in the Flight report which make problems for 'simmers - (a)the flaps/slots locking lever is mounted on a fuselage strut - (yes, but photos show it on the starboard strut, out of reach in the V.C.) and (b) it's necessary to lean back to see the external fuel gauge (hidden by the roof).
Although I've solved the fuel gauge problem, I've not yet managed to lock up the auto flaps which operate nicely and correctly according to the airspeed.
I'm just awaiting a final document from Martin before sending the aircraft off to Brian.
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[darrenvox]

fgt to mention is it for fs9??