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Old 12th Jan 2003, 02:51
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QDM,

Remember the Coffmans well from Chipmunk days.
Not the kind of thing you could sit and make on you kitchen table !

Seeing rows of a dozen Chipmunks all starting up to be ferried to the University air sqadrons was like WW III !

The breech held six and we would stand by with spare breech barrels ready loaded.
Problems were not only the engine not starting ( too weak or too rich) but dud cartridges that gave smoke but no fire


There is a conversion from Coffman to electric but may no help if you dont have an electrical system
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