CAMEL REPLICA
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CAMEL REPLICA
At the museum, Fighter World, at RAAF Williamtown , there is a nearly finished Camel replica. The workmanship is outstanding. In November, on Armistice Day, it will be displayed in a public place in commemoration of the Australians who served in the Australian Flying Corp and in the Royal Flying Corps.
The Camel, as presently displayed, has next to it a large portrait photo of an AFC or RFC pilot, standing at the nose of his Camel. He is not identified. Does anyone know who he is, and his service record?
Any leads to locating a Clerget or a Monosoupape rotary engine will be passed onto the team
The Camel, as presently displayed, has next to it a large portrait photo of an AFC or RFC pilot, standing at the nose of his Camel. He is not identified. Does anyone know who he is, and his service record?
Any leads to locating a Clerget or a Monosoupape rotary engine will be passed onto the team
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I remember an old Flight review back in the ?early 60's ? of someone flying one - said it was a vicious, totally unstable beast that required 150% attention all the time - on the other hand it turned faster than you could say the word...................
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Thanks Glevum. The Classic Aero Machining Service Ltd website is one of the best. The great unwashed have no idea how incredible in terms of design and manufacturing skill the aircraft and the engines of the period were. Tony Wytenburg (founder of CAMS) and his team deserve the highest praise. (All the lads building the Camel at Fighter World need now is a fairy godmother, genie out of the lamp, or a benefactor steeped in an awareness of what was achieved in aid of flight so early, along with an appreciation of the genius of Sopwith, de Havilland, Hawker et. al. That is a person who can underwrite the engine, then see the wonder of a running rotary.)
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Fantastic work
So I would be very interested to see an authoritative source showing how they were knocked up in a day by a team of carpenters and furniture makers.
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What is beyond question, is that with 5490 Camels built, they were being produced at a rate very much greater than one a day.
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So I would be very interested to see an authoritative source showing how they were knocked up in a day by a team of carpenters and furniture makers.
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apparently a modern "replica" can be built in 450 man hours from partly prepared parts...........
For comparison a Mini takes 28-32 clock hours (again from bits pre built) - painting is about half of this
For comparison a Mini takes 28-32 clock hours (again from bits pre built) - painting is about half of this
But only in one direction (torque from the engine)
But only in one direction (torque from the engine) was it absolutely astonishingly quick to turn
Apparently it was quicker to turn thru 270 degrees to the right rather than 90 left!
i take my hat off to the young men who flew it into battle with minimal experience.
i take my hat off to the young men who flew it into battle with minimal experience.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
The following site will be of interest - especially the “100 years ago” tab which leads to a weekly history of production with hundreds of photographs and cartoons from the period.
https://www.kingstonaviation.org/100...-ago/1918.html
https://www.kingstonaviation.org/100...-ago/1918.html
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I think the late Brian Lecomber and the equally late Camel pilot of these parts both enjoyed flying Leisure Sport's replicas, one of which had a Clerget, the other a Warner Super Scarab. The Clerget machine was built by Viv Bellamy and I believe was given a aerobatic good work out by Lecomber in the style of Captain D'Urban Victor Armstrong!
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Bit late to reply, I know where there is / was an engine on offer
See
https://ukga.com/classified/view?contentId=41812
See
https://ukga.com/classified/view?contentId=41812
CAMS Aero Engines remanufacture gnome engines in New Zealand
Also video of inside of rotary: Film of Rotary Engine Workings | The Vintage Aviator and running http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/proje...ne/urii-action