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Re: Bitzer project

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Two pairs of props? The plot thickens.

I think I went off on the wrong track altogether and couldn't get back on the right one.

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Re: Bitzer project

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I think you might find it a bit fishy........I went off half cock initially! :shhh:
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Re: Bitzer project

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Dev One wrote:
05 Jan 2021, 19:47
I think you might find it a bit fishy........I went off half cock initially! :shhh:
Keith
I'm thinking along the same lines, something a bit fishy that didn't get out of prototype stage

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Re: Bitzer project

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Can’t find any mention of a Merlin 140 either. I’m getting an early night but I wait with baited breath for the morning. I did read mention of a prototype but from what I read it never flew, so think I’m off tract too.
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Re: Bitzer project

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Might be referred to as Nicola. :hide:

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Re: Bitzer project

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And it did enter service looking like Desperate Dan...........in its later life......
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Re: Bitzer project

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OK, last clue:
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TOO LATE! TIME'S UP!
Here's the picture in full:
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Must admit that I couldn't find a Merlin 140 in the list of variants on the web, but that's what the power plants were described as.
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Keith's reference to Desperate Dan, I think this is the variant :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sturgeon_SB3.jpg

I believe that there's a long-nosed version at Tangmere, btw.

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Re: Bitzer project

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Golly gosh. Never even heard of that one! Will have to do some reading.

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Re: Bitzer project

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Airspeed wrote:
06 Jan 2021, 03:08
I believe that there's a long-nosed version at Tangmere, btw.
:dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

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Re: Bitzer project

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PeteP wrote:
06 Jan 2021, 07:55
Airspeed wrote:
06 Jan 2021, 03:08
I believe that there's a long-nosed version at Tangmere, btw.
:dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
There is one at Holyrood.
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