Cabbie Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 After having sourced the Combat kits(formerly Silver Cloud kit) off of eBay, the only thing missing is a good pitot tube! The hole is even drilled out but a resin one is supplied and I see all sorts of issues on using that looming. Any one have any info? Regards, Chris the cabbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I would say,odds on it was a tornado one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, fatalbert said: I would say,odds on it was a tornado one. it seems way longer than a Tornado one nice, rel clear pic here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clackzuk/35334879422 maybe you can adapt some Mirage or Thud Pitot tube (Master has a large selction!) http://www.master-model.pl/category/air-master-148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 It does seem longer than a standard Tornado pitot.... but it's worth noting that the EAP has been fitted with at least two different types of pitot over the years & the one currently fitted (Loughborough Uni/ Cosford Museum) may not be representative of what it flew with. Many of the photos from the aircraft's life as a test vehicle show it fitted with a typical "flight test" pitot which has 4 small "vanes" at 90 degrees to each other approx halfway down the length of the pitot. They are difficult to see but if you get a close-up with the right background, you'll see what I mean. I'll try to look out some photos which show them off. In the meantime, I was thinking of using one of these on my Silver Cloud EAP (it's a lovely kit, isn't it?): http://www.master-model.pl/product/am-72-131.html available from the Big H at: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MR72-131 although it might not be the correct length & seems to lack the bulge in the middle section. Maybe a combination of two different Master probes? Don't forget the smaller pitots on the tip of each canard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Then probably this one is suitable: http://www.master-model.pl/images/products/AM-48-144_01.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 47 minutes ago, exdraken said: Then probably this one is suitable: http://www.master-model.pl/images/products/AM-48-144_01.jpg Except it's 1/48th scale & it doesn't have the bulged central section..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 23 hours ago, Cabbie said: After having sourced the Combat kits(formerly Silver Cloud kit) off of eBay, the only thing missing is a good pitot tube! The hole is even drilled out but a resin one is supplied and I see all sorts of issues on using that looming. Any one have any info? Regards, Chris the cabbie These any help Chris? John 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT7567 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 11:46 AM, DougC said: Isn't the 4th of those images actually the EFA full-scale mockup? Similar overall configuration but a bit closer to the definitive Typhoon than the EAP. I believe ESCI did a kit of that version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) It looks like a mock up John Edited May 2, 2021 by canberra kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The fourth photo is the EFA mock up that was trundle around various events. I remember seeing it at Farnborough in 1988 and have a very similar photo somewhere around. I have an original Silver Cloud EAP on the go at the moment for the Anything but Injection GB and I was going to make the pitot up from some Albion Alloy sliding tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougC Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 5/2/2021 at 2:35 PM, CT7567 said: Isn't the 4th of those images actually the EFA full-scale mockup? Similar overall configuration but a bit closer to the definitive Typhoon than the EAP. I believe ESCI did a kit of that version. On 5/2/2021 at 2:57 PM, canberra kid said: It looks like a mock up John Yep, the fourth photo is a plastic mockup of the EFA at Farnborough - sorry for any confusion but I wasn't able to crop it off the bottom of the 2x EAP photos above it! Of note, it shows the EFA's original configuration with the square intake - not sure if the early ESCI kit had that or the later Typhoon "smiling" intake. It may also still have a cranked leading edge like the EAP rather than the straight delta of the Typhoon but it's difficult to tell from this angle! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbie Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 1:16 PM, canberra kid said: These any help Chris? John Canberra kid, Seeing the drawings sure brings back the scandal of Pegasus doing a kit scaled off of them later being revealed to be 1/96th scale! I have a Pegasus kit but to say I no longer need it is....putting it mildly! LOL I am certain the F1CK test boom pitot tube is the way to go. Funny though that it has been on every test bird from the YF-17 up to the YF-22 and on may outside the US like the EAP and F-1CK Ching Kou. Thank you all for your help and posting of pics as it will help more than just me. Regards, Chris the cabbie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 We have a walkaround of the EAP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 It looks to me that EAP used one of the Pitot types very similar to the actual Tornado ones, and the other type (with Vanes) looks very much as the Master for the F-16XL nose probe. SouthViper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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