General Stirling Failures, Rocket Assisted TO and Prototype

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General Stirling Failures, Rocket Assisted TO and Prototype

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Here is a review of the info I have on some Stirling crashes. Contact me for a copy.

General Stirling Failures - 3 Pages detailing work on Stirling Tail failures, contains graphs and calculations. Also another 4 pages with dimensioned drawings of the Stirlings tail plane leading edge. 4 pages from Shorts discussing the failures. A 16 page report on the strength of the Stirling in the affected areas. Letter regarding the incorrect fitting of mild steel bolts to the elevator levers. 6 pages on the root attachment of Tail Plane (general plus drawings). 7 pages on weaknesses in the wing boom provoking spar fractures. Stirling Tail load calculations. Report on artificial horizons

Rocket Assistance - 8 pages on failure of U/C during rocket assisted take off trials

Single page report on the U/C failure of the Stirling Prototype!

(A general note - I have spread the reports over a number of posts in the hope that people 'googling' are more likely to find the page)


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Hi James,
I just wanted to revisit this thread and ask if their are any images or alike.
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John
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Hi John

There are photos - mostly of crashed Stirling parts because the reports are of crashes, I'll dig the images out and put them in the Photos section.


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Cheers James.
I know l started a thread on 'crashed stirlings' here on the forum. I'll do a search.
John
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