Jump to content

Clave

Members
  • Posts

    40
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Contact Methods

  • Website URL
    http://
  • ICQ
    0

Profile Information

  • Location
    England

Recent Profile Visitors

1,387 profile views

Clave's Achievements

Newbie

Newbie (1/9)

20

Reputation

  1. http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/de_havilland_vampire/de_havilland_vampire_001.html The fuselage of the T.11 is longer and much, much wider than the fighters in order to accommodate side-by-side seating. The booms are the same, but the fin on the T.11 is extended into a more pointy shape. Cockpit is different too, obviously. The F.1 has the square tail, but the rest is more less the same as the other fighters. The other main version is the night-fighter NF.10, which has the trainer-style fuselage, but it's own unique fin - somewhere between the fighter fin and the trainer...
  2. Some of it's from memory, some from very blurry photos, so the fine detail inside the wing bays may not be 100% yet, but the overall impression of things I am happy with. I would like to draw a Sideloader at some point, but reference photos/drawings seem almost impossible to find.
  3. And some new stuff Bloodhound Launcher The Launcher provides electrical and hydraulic power along with air conditioning to the missile. The launcher also rotates to provide the best firing position before launch. Launcher Closeup Bloodhound Service Part 1 Service Check List: Removal from launcher. Power down missile. Disconnect firing circuits, electrical, air, and hydraulic supplies. Attach incidence switch cover to radome. Move to service hanger. Load missile onto service trolley. Bloodhound Service Part 2 Service Check List: Explosives Bay. Remove boost motors. Remove Warhead. Move missile to Fuel Bay. Bloodhound Service Part 3 Service Check List: Fuel/Refurb Bay Remove wings and tailplanes & check for damage. Drain fuel tanks, remove ramjet intake covers. Test fuel control system, refit ramjet intake covers. Move missile to MOTE. Bloodhound Service Part 4 Service Check List: MOTE. (Missile Overall Test Equipment) Remove radome, wing actuator covers & hydraulic bay cover. Test all electronics and hydraulics including: target tracking, wing and dish movement, altimeter, gyro, radar mode switching, hydraulic pressure reservoir, firing circuits etc. Seal and refit panels, and return back up the line.
  4. Much revised sketches: The Bristol Bloodhound was a Surface to Air Missile (SAM) of the Cold War era. It was designed to cope with Soviet bombers at long range, and the Bloodhound System was an integral part of UKADGE (UK Air Defence Ground Environment) This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of 25 Squadron RAF 1977. This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of 85 Squadron RAF 1975. This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of 112 Squadron RAF 1967. This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of 170 Squadron Republic of Singapore Air Force 1980. This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of the Swedish Air Force 1970. This example is a Bloodhound Mk 2 of the Swiss Air Force 1972.
  5. Thanks! - I would really like to get hold of some proper drawings as there are a few areas that need improving, and I would like to do some Mk1 profiles also. I left North Coates around 1986-7 - I got divorced and went to Weybourne for a while before finishing my 12 years at Neatishead in 88. It was not a pleasant time really, and I was not sorry to leave in the end...
  6. Clave

    BAe Hawk

    BAe Hawk Mk 120 of the South African Air Force 2009. BAe Hawk Mk 67 of the South Korean Air Force 1993. BAe Hawk Mk 66 of the Swiss Air Force 1989. BAe Hawk Mk 66 of the Swiss Air Force 1991. BAe Hawk Mk 66 of the Swiss Air Force 1996. Boeing/BAe T-45 Goshawk of the US Navy 1995. BAe Hawk Mk 60 of the Zimbabwe Air Force 1998. BAe Hawk Mk 60 of the Zimbabwe Air Force 1998.
  7. Clave

    BAe Hawk

    BAe Hawk Mk 64 of the Kuwaiti Air Force 1998. BAe Hawk Mk 108 of the Malaysian Air Force 1995. BAe Hawk Mk 108 of the Malaysian Air Force 2009. BAe Hawk Mk 103 of the Royal Air Force of Oman 1993. BAe Hawk Mk 65 of the Saudi Air Force 1991. BAe Hawk Mk 65 of the Saudi Air Force 2011. BAe Hawk Mk 120 of the South African Air Force 2007.
  8. Clave

    BAe Hawk

    BAe Hawk Mk 132 of the Indian Air Force 2008. BAe Hawk Mk 53 of the Indonesian Air Force 1980. BAe Hawk Mk 53 of the Indonesian Air Force 1980. BAe Hawk Mk 53 of the Indonesian Air Force 1984. BAe Hawk Mk 109 of the Indonesian Air Force 2000. BAe Hawk Mk 52 of the Kenyan Air Force 1980. BAe Hawk Mk 52 of the Kenyan Air Force 1980.
  9. Clave

    BAe Hawk

    BAe Hawk T1A of 19 Squadron 1992. BAe Hawk T1A of 79 Squadron 1986. BAe Hawk T1A of 100 Squadron 1996. BAe Hawk T1A of 151 Squadron 1983. BAe Hawk T1A of the Red Arrows 2005. BAe Hawk T1A of the Red Arrows 2010. BAe Hawk T1 of the Empire Test Pilots School 1989.
  10. Clave

    BAe Hawk

    BAe Hawk Mk 51 of the Abu Dhabi Air Force 1984. BAe Hawk Mk 127 of the Royal Australian Air Force 2008. BAe Hawk Mk 129 of the Bahrain Air Force 2006. BAe Hawk Mk CT-155 of the Royal Canadian Air Force 2004. BAe Hawk Mk 51 of the Finnish Air Force 1980. BAe Hawk Mk 51 of the Finnish Air Force 2000. BAe Hawk T1 of the 4th Flying Training School 1982.
  11. Oh, and this would be a good place to put these:
  12. I also owned a very small part of a Swiss Bloodhound - one of the boost motor firing plugs - they were made by Lemo and extremely high quality, which made it all the more ironic when we had to strip out the whole lot and bin them in favour of our rather crappy oblong ones. Also saw a lot of firings, and pretty impressive they were too, as long as you didn't blink... I met my (ex) wife on a firing trip to Aberporth. I'm also an ex-Motie - joined in 76, did some time at West Drayton, then Mote course, West Raynham for a while, then North Coates, and finished my 12 year stretch at Weybourne and Neatishead. Anyway, enough rambling, I really do wonder where all the scrap Bloodhounds went? not to mention the bucketloads of spares?...
  13. Definitely a cool thread and it took me back to the only scratch-built model I ever made - a Bloodhound and launcher - I think it ended up in some cabinet at SHQ when I was at North Coates... Don't ask what scale, but it was about 1 foot long... I would have liked to have taken it with me, but it's not the sort of thing you can do - donate something and then take it back... My thoughts have turned to finding an incidence switch as a souvenir of those days instead, but no joy in finding one so far...
  14. BI Special (Grand Slam) of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI Special (Grand Slam) of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI Special (Grand Slam) of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BIII of 103 Squadron RAF 1944. BIII of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BIII of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BIII of 617 Squadron RAF 1945.
  15. BI of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI of 617 Squadron RAF 1945. BI Special (Dambuster) of 617 Squadron RAF 1943. BI Special (Dambuster) of 617 Squadron RAF 1943. BI Special (Dambuster) of 617 Squadron RAF 1943. BI Special (Dambuster) of 617 Squadron RAF 1943. BI Special (Dambuster) of 617 Squadron RAF 1943.
×
×
  • Create New...