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Guy Martin's Spitfire - tony_d123 - 07-10-14
19.30 on Sunday, October 12, 2014, on Channel 4
http://www.iomtt.com/News/2014/October/07/Guy-Martin-takes-to-the-skies-Spitfire.aspx
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Dave48 - 07-10-14
Look forward to watching this-history & machinery beats "strictly come dancing"anyday in my book!
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - locksmith - 07-10-14
Cheers for the heads up, just sky plus'd it on my phone in case I forget!
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Andy FZS - 07-10-14
+1 looking forward to it cheers
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - locksmith - 13-10-14
Well, I happened to see the red recording light on the skybox. WTF is that on for?, had a look OH GUY MARTIN !! :lol
Great programme
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - bigralphie - 13-10-14
Grafting 7 days a week ,1 weeks holidays and you might be blown up at any time :eek
Bloody humbling the effort and spirit of everyday folk in the 30/40,s
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - fireblake - 13-10-14
Everyday I think to my self that I owe so much to so few. And am proud to be British
Mickey
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - YamFazFan - 13-10-14
Missed it last night.Just watching the repeat on 4seven.Great prog
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Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Exupnut - 13-10-14
It was really good, it was really good, it was really good. Why did he keep repeating his sentences. Why did he keep repeating his sentenced. Why did he keep repeating ......
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - tony_d123 - 13-10-14
Shame that they couldn't save much of the original plane but a testament to the original engineers and fitters when you saw how difficult it was and how long it took to reproduce parts. When they were fitting and refitting that wing skin to get a perfect fit, I wondered how many went out with gaps when they had to churn out 80 a week :eek
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - YamFazFan - 13-10-14
(13-10-14, 09:28 PM)Exupnut link Wrote:It was really good, it was really good, it was really good. Why did he keep repeating his sentences. Why did he keep repeating his sentenced. Why did he keep repeating ......
Yeah I've noticed that!.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - YamFazFan - 14-10-14
(13-10-14, 09:34 PM)tony_d123 link Wrote:Shame that they couldn't save much of the original plane but a testament to the original engineers and fitters when you saw how difficult it was and how long it took to reproduce parts. When they were fitting and refitting that wing skin to get a perfect fit, I wondered how many went out with gaps when they had to churn out 80 a week :eek
I find it hard to see how you could salvage anything from a plane that has been in the sea for nearly 50 years.Salt is bad enough on the roads in winter let alone being constantly submerged in it.It looked fantastic at the end tho.Really interesting to hear the memories of the veterans.Amazing people.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Simon.Pieman - 14-10-14
(13-10-14, 09:34 PM)tony_d123 link Wrote:[size=1.35em] When they were fitting and refitting that wing skin to get a perfect fit, I wondered how many went out with gaps when they had to churn out 80 a week :eek [/size]
I wish the bods on the Yamaha production line had taken half as much care fitting my Fazer's fairing infill panels. This would have saved me half a lifetime of faffing about with draught excluder and rubber bits trying to rid them of vibration.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - chris.biker - 14-10-14
(13-10-14, 10:11 PM)YamFazFan link Wrote:[quote author=Exupnut link=topic=14948.msg170007#msg170007 date=1413232083]
It was really good, it was really good, it was really good. Why did he keep repeating his sentences. Why did he keep repeating his sentenced. Why did he keep repeating ......
Yeah I've noticed that!.
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I have become very fed up with programmes that are delivered in the way programmes for schools were done.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Skippernick - 14-10-14
(14-10-14, 10:35 AM)YamFazFan link Wrote:[quote author=tony_d123 link=topic=14948.msg170010#msg170010 date=1413232476]
[size=1.35em]Shame that they couldn't save much of the original plane but a testament to the original engineers and fitters when you saw how difficult it was and how long it took to reproduce parts. When they were fitting and refitting that wing skin to get a perfect fit, I wondered how many went out with gaps when they had to churn out 80 a week :eek [/size]
I find it hard to see how you could salvage anything from a plane that has been in the sea for nearly 50 years.Salt is bad enough on the roads in winter let alone being constantly submerged in it.It looked fantastic at the end tho.Really interesting to hear the memories of the veterans.Amazing people.
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Ah yes but under water there is no air which is also needed in the process, although things still rust at a slower rate.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - YamFazFan - 14-10-14
(14-10-14, 08:22 PM)Skippernick link Wrote:[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=14948.msg170027#msg170027 date=1413279308]
[quote author=tony_d123 link=topic=14948.msg170010#msg170010 date=1413232476]
[size=1.35em]Shame that they couldn't save much of the original plane but a testament to the original engineers and fitters when you saw how difficult it was and how long it took to reproduce parts. When they were fitting and refitting that wing skin to get a perfect fit, I wondered how many went out with gaps when they had to churn out 80 a week :eek [/size]
I find it hard to see how you could salvage anything from a plane that has been in the sea for nearly 50 years.Salt is bad enough on the roads in winter let alone being constantly submerged in it.It looked fantastic at the end tho.Really interesting to hear the memories of the veterans.Amazing people.
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Ah yes but under water there is no air which is also needed in the process, although things still rust at a slower rate.
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Good point :thumbup.Would be interesting to know what the corrosion rate difference is on metals between being submerged in salt water & being exposed on land to salt spray consistently is?...bet somebody on here knows that
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - Fazer Forever - 15-10-14
Just watched it last night. Was there any part of the original plane re-used? Seemed to be a new build with the old plane used for reference.
Still enjoyed it though. I'm an engineer by trade and can appreciate that level of skill.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - YamFazFan - 15-10-14
From what I could tell,very little indeed was used from the wreckage of the spitfire.It seems the big issue is establishing and having ownership of the identity of the original plane.Once you have that it appears that you can replace any number of parts (which in this case even included the fuselage),and it is still recognized as being the original aircraft.Apparently it also makes a difference when it comes to matters like approval etc...as it counts as a restoration/rebuild.But like you suggest it does seem to be pretty much a new build.They did a fantastic job on it tho didn't they.Brilliant engineering.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - BBROWN1664 - 15-10-14
Just watched it on replay. It wasn't a rebuild it was a new build.
The thing that surprised me was how keen they were to get the build exactly on spec rather than build it like they did during the war.
The other thing that made me chuckle was the way they installed things like the prop just like they did in 1940. No torque wrench in site, just a bloke hanging off a pole to get it tight enough.
Re: Guy Martin's Spitfire - richfzs - 15-10-14
Watching it now. It's fookin frustrating! There could be so much good information being passed out here, but it's dumbed down - as someone said above, like it was for junior schools. Typical of guy's recent programme though
