DVII for sale

tengew · 30 January 2010, 07:09 AM

looking real good pavel!

drrivah · 30 January 2010, 07:20 AM

Thanks for the builders' entertainment on a snowbound Saturday morning.

Super.

-pete

Makhpiyaluta · 30 January 2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by zffltd

Hi all
It will be you tube file # MOV00960.AVI. Name fokker DVII run up, me sitting in.
Still uploading now is 5.30 PST other half hr is on.
Pavel

You tube files;
MOV00952.AVI
MOV00953.AVI
MOV00954.AVI
MOV00960.AVI

Now is on

Pavel

I just watched the video's wonderfull Pavel.
Great to see another D VII with it's engine running it sounds well.
Only a bit weird for me to see the exhaust on the "wrong" side.
Keep up the good work

Willem

zffltd · 30 January 2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Makhpiyaluta

I just watched the video's wonderfull Pavel.
Great to see another D VII with it's engine running it sounds well.
Only a bit weird for me to see the exhaust on the "wrong" side.
Keep up the good work

Willem

Hi
Thanks for reply.
The exhaust on other side do to propeller rotation, smouk out of the cokpit not in.
Pavel

Jeff Brooks · 30 January 2010, 12:47 PM

Pavel was telling me on the phone how the gypsy 70 has a gear box on the front that changes the rotation to counter clockwise (as the seated pilot sees it) and so the prop pushes the exhaust away from the pilot.

On my Gypsy 30 however, the rotation will be clockwise, and I will have to figure out how to move the exhaust to the other side.

I saw on the Vintage Aviator site, their exhuast is on the right side, I would love to see the details on how they did that!

Makhpiyaluta · 30 January 2010, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Brooks

Pavel was telling me on the phone how the gypsy 70 has a gear box on the front that changes the rotation to counter clockwise (as the seated pilot sees it) and so the prop pushes the exhaust away from the pilot.

On my Gypsy 30 however, the rotation will be clockwise, and I will have to figure out how to move the exhaust to the other side.

I saw on the Vintage Aviator site, their exhuast is on the right side, I would love to see the details on how they did that!

Jeff just contact Gene DeMarco I'm sure if you let him know what your building he will help you.

Willem

baldeagle · 30 January 2010, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Brooks

Pavel was telling me on the phone how the gypsy 70 has a gear box on the front that changes the rotation to counter clockwise (as the seated pilot sees it) and so the prop pushes the exhaust away from the pilot.

On my Gypsy 30 however, the rotation will be clockwise, and I will have to figure out how to move the exhaust to the other side.

I saw on the Vintage Aviator site, their exhuast is on the right side, I would love to see the details on how they did that!

The Colorado D.VII w/Ranger uses individual pipes crossing over the top of the engine and looks pretty good, you can kind of see it in this photo:
Champion Air Photos - Fokker D.VII
The main manifold pipe is braced to the cylinder heads (long valve cover on the Ranger) with some kind of spring devices, I'll see if I can get photos.
By the way, we shortened the nose 5 inches (it was 11 inches fwd), it's getting new more appropriate wheels and tires, and a few other upgrades for its trip to Oshkosh thus summer.

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Jeff Brooks · 30 January 2010, 02:55 PM

Baldeagle,
have you lightened up the tail feathers?

baldeagle · 30 January 2010, 03:15 PM

They took them off and weighed them, and they actually weren't too far off the weights in the Flight magazine article, which was a pleasant surprise. The decision was to shorten the nose part way back to original, and add some lead to the front. We think 50 lbs will do it, hate to add weight, but worth it for the better looks.

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buck toenges · 30 January 2010, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Brooks

Pavel was telling me on the phone how the gypsy 70 has a gear box on the front that changes the rotation to counter clockwise (as the seated pilot sees it) and so the prop pushes the exhaust away from the pilot.

On my Gypsy 30 however, the rotation will be clockwise, and I will have to figure out how to move the exhaust to the other side.

I saw on the Vintage Aviator site, their exhuast is on the right side, I would love to see the details on how they did that!

The exhaust still comes out on the left side. The exhaust pipe then takes a right turn. The exhaust stack on the right side from the back of the engine to the front is fake. The exhaust does go out to the right side behind the "fake" stack.