Thank you Magnar! I have never flown a Tiger Moth but when flying Cessna 150s at Cambridge UK around 1980, we often had a runway change to enable the Tiger Moth student pilots to land into wind on one of the three grass runways. I enjoyed your video greatly.
Thank you Magnar for this video. I never got the chance to fly a Tiger Moth. But I had the opportunity to fly the Bücker Jungmann for almost 20 years. I stopped flying last year, so flying the Tiger Moth will stay a dream.
Great video, Magnar. My first job as a pilot was doing joyflights in these beautiful machines. Although I can't fly anymore, I still get to fly with a friend in his Tiger now and then.
An excellent video, thank you, Magner! My father and 2 of his friends bought a Tiger Moth direct from the RAF/War Office in the 1950's to use as a tug for a Gliding Club near Kinross, Scotland, so I've always had a soft spot for the aircraft despite not having flown in one due to my age & size in the 60's! Your description of the various versions of DH82 was also very interesting, but I'd like to add to the spec for the DH82c, as it was also fitted with a cockpit heater system, a vital addition for Canadian winters! Another interesting snippet is that the origins of the Gypsy Major engine was a French V8 fighter engine from WW1 (a Renault engine, if I remember correctly!) The Gypsy Major was basically one bank of cylinders from this French V8 engine!
That Moth in the Thai museum was "rough". Hopefully they will try to clean it up. I really got a kick out of the explanation about the mag switches being on the outside and the sequence of using them during the start. The Bristol Fighter also had it's mag switches on the outside, allowing the "erk" to see it the aeroplane was hot or not. Also got a smile from the brass windshield screen on the one norwegian Moth. Nice work. This is a really great presentation, especially giving pilots just enough 'pilot talk' and history to make it enjoyable. I once got to fly a Moth, we had to clean the bugs off the trailing edge!! Ha det.
Thanks, Ed. The Tiger Moth, like many other aircraft in the museum, was damaged by a flood some years ago. Restauration is underway, but they have so many aircraft to care for.
Two Tiger Moth stories from my years in a US based glider club. One of my flying buddies got to go back to his birth country for a time and he got to join the Tiger Moth Club, before being able to do so he had to have approval from a senior club member. They just opened a drawer and pulled out a form pre-signed by Prince Charles. A second guy was a German immigrant a great craftsman and lover of all aircraft. I remember him asking some of our Brit. members if they noticed that the ribs on the Tiger were perpendicular to the leading edge, not aligned with the flow.
i have just seen this ie2023 i really enjoyed it ii have just read, alan bramson on the tiger your piece was better than the book i have built a quarter scale and got great information from you. your bit on the anti spin strakes and airflow over the rudder was great and the f16 , ps your english is excellent
People take the time to watch and learn your video so i think it’s only right you mention about the error you made in your Lift video. You mentioned it in the newer Lift video but didn’t specify which part was the error.
