The Bluebird Project

It is not the critic who counts ...Theodore Roosevelt

Really enjoying seeing the sponsons come back to life.

Just curious, but it occured to me that on Crusader, the sponsons were designed and built as a single unit each side, whereas on K7 it appears the sponson and the planeing surface were two parts, joined together. Crusader had quite a few leaks to plug, most of them, surprise suprise, in the sponson...

Renegadenemo wrote:

Looking forward to seeing the rebuilt sponsons.

We've posted hundreds of pics of those. There's a video of them being built too on YouTube.

Inspirational!

There is actually a drawing for the little flaps in the sponson tops, they were designed with a leather hinge. The main thing to be aware with on the sponsons is that the shoes were never used. They came off early on and were replaced with 3/16th thick plates. The wedges remained unchanged and are ...

Having arrived at this thread somewhat after the event can I clarify sponson overall length. Purely out of curiosity - are you building a model or are you just interested? Both really. In order to research the model I have been trying to prepare a scale drawing of the 1966/67 version. I have been u...

Having arrived at this thread somewhat after the event can I clarify sponson overall length. 1. Original sponson (or float) 12ft 3 3/4 inches (as quoted on drawings 'supplied with full permission Ken Norris' CD via Fred Blois). 2. 1966 sponson 12 ft 9 1/2 inches (extra length added in rear upper cov...

Not sure if this has appeared on this thread (apologies if it has) but www.britishpathe.com/video/farnborough-air-display-5 shows XM691 in flight at Farnborough 1962. It appears at 00:39 to 00:42. In 1964 XM691 was at Bristol Siddeley in the flight shed where it was used for Orpheus development, fli...

Steve
looking forward to your book about Crusader/Railton. Any firm date for publication?
As a young lad growing up in Birmingham I remember well the Cobb/Railton Special in the old Bham Science Museum (now the Think Tank).