Sensible informative stuff much appreciated, there's fair bit to chew on. Just thinking out loud; Scion mentions bringing a wizards wizard in to have a look-see and the costs involved. Couple of points, we waste that sort of money everyday on taxi's and lunches and expenses, so in the great scheme of things, why not wisely spend a few more bucks. These aircraft are used commercially, BUT if the ATSB only come up with yet another of their widely published, world infamous, version of a half arsed job and another (gods forbid), similar tragedy occurs, then the money not spent will morph into a little more than just a few heads in various buckets.
Anyway – still on the Tigers trail I went looking for the original RAF specification against which DH built the beast. No luck in detail, but Wikipedia was by far the most interesting and informative. The links are below.
BAM Specs-1920. BAM Specs-Gen.
Dora 9 thanks for the article it confirms my 'coaster' calculations of 'how' the thing works, it's really very clever and proven reliable over (anyone's guess) how many tiger hours have been logged over the decades of service, in different climates both operational and meteorological. There is no case for restricting today's operations, but there is a real need to prevent knee jerk reactions and idiot calls to remove the wee beasty from service.