BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
I'm just going to forget the French bitLeave it out! Proper Lundun me
So a bit Oirish, a bit French (Huguenot) and a bit whoever else washed up in the docks or wandered down looking for work.
DS
What have you done to your bike today....
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Don the Don
Legendary Knight
That's true, but they are miserable as well
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
I would refute that but I cannae seeing as I'm a Scotsman and I'm a miserable bastard to boot.
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
HugenotLeave it out! Proper Lundun me
So a bit Oirish, a bit French (Huguenot) and a bit whoever else washed up in the docks or wandered down looking for work.
DS
I don't know what it is but it sounds a bit gay
French and gay..I can't imagine how you got through life without having some serious therapy of the attack helicopter kill em all kind
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
Oh bloody hell it just gets worse this hugenot...French gay and Jewish...Hugenose? How very dare you!
When i was in a band with my mate Chris we were going to call it the Hugenots as we're both 'possibly of jewish blood'
You just couldn't make it up..
Well we do except anyone on here so long as you got a pair..
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
Hold on a second...someone changed the spelling...
It ain't Hugenot it's bloody Huge nose...
Wars have started over this sort of thing you know...
Probably by people less tolerant and understanding than me but you can see how it happens
It ain't Hugenot it's bloody Huge nose...
Wars have started over this sort of thing you know...
Probably by people less tolerant and understanding than me but you can see how it happens
chas
Legendary Knight
You haven't had that burger yet, have you?That explains it!
Use a periscope to look at the stripes on Ducks bike.
At the minute your enormous snout is blocking your view
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Hugenot
I don't know what it is but it sounds a bit gay
French and gay..I can't imagine how you got through life without having some serious therapy of the attack helicopter kill em all kind
JFGI
DS
BAD LUCK DUCK
Forum Duck
Oh no...Not another made up gender
I'm willing to forget the whole incident ever happened as you ain't a bad bloke...
Just a bit confused..
Someone bang some extra Bromide in @Doc Strange cup of tea just in case...
There you go Doc..your cured
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Oh no...Not another made up gender
I'm willing to forget the whole incident ever happened as you ain't a bad bloke...
Just a bit confused..
Someone bang some extra Bromide in @Doc Strange cup of tea just in case...
There you go Doc..your cured
I don't what you're on but I want some
JFGI = Just Fucking Google It
DS
Nope!
Too busy finally getting around to finishing this
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I doubt you'll like the finished result Chas as there's a decal involved
But there'll be more photos to follow when the glass top is on.
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Nope!
Too busy finally getting around to finishing this
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I doubt you'll like the finished result Chas as there's a decal involved
But there'll be more photos to follow when the glass top is on.
That looks impressive - what is it?
DS
A gearbox from an RAF Tornado fighter.
Obviously a jet doesn't have gears but they call that part a gearbox.
I guess that's because various ancillary parts fit into this side (once those gold covers are removed)
@Don the Don can give you the full lowdown. He worked on the Tornado for many years.
I've got a couple of them to turn into coffee tables. The one above has paperwork to prove it was in fighters assigned to 617Sq. According to Don, that adds instant value to any collector of RAF memorabilia
I'd like to keep one. But Mrs DD is far less keen. So I guess they could both be up for grabs?
Doc Strange
Legendary Knight
Cool - what does it weigh?
DS
DS
At a guess (I haven't weighed it) the right side of 100kg. But not by much.
Put it this way Doc. If Mrs DD decides that I can't keep one? She won't be putting it out with the bins!
Don the Don
Legendary Knight
A paper weight at the moment, about time he got it completed,
Secondary Power System (tornado-data.com)
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
Hmmm I think that, if I was going for an aviation coffee table I'd prefer something a little more easily recognised by the layman like a nice rotary or radial engine. Now the turbine from a Jet Engine would make a cracking basis for a coffee table. There's a turbine module from a Harrier Pegasus engine on Fleabay right now for £600, three foot diameter so perfect for a coffee table too! 
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They don't call me Aliquando DD for no reason Don
Freck
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Definitely, it’s got to be knocking on a year since he got them.
The gearbox is driven and drives the engine. Drives as in it has a starter attached to it that turns over the engine to get it fired, and then the engine once started drives the box which in turn runs the hydraulic pump, electrical generator and ancillaries (fuel pumps etc)
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
Well it won’t be the first stage......the single engine stick outs either side of the fuselage. I visited Filton in 1988 where they were building Pegasus engines and the accuracy with which each blade was made, measured and checked really rammed home what a bodger I was! Then seeing at Gutersloh how few bolts held the bloody wings on.....Hmmm I think that, if I was going for an aviation coffee table I'd prefer something a little more easily recognised by the layman like a nice rotary or radial engine. Now the turbine from a Jet Engine would make a cracking basis for a coffee table. There's a turbine module from a Harrier Pegasus engine on Fleabay right now for £600 quid, three foot diameter so perfect for a coffee table too!