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By: 3rd February 2014 at 19:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-A few have been built in the UK. I knew some one who had one, but sold it.
Dave
By: 3rd February 2014 at 20:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If you wanted a FRED you could probably get one almost free, ie a permit expired example that might need a few days tickling back into life.
The market has moved on a lot, and these very basic local bimblers with marginal performance have very much been side- lined, such that they are virtually given away now.
And yet they do still offer real seat-of-the pants group A flying, and there is much fun to be had, especially if you can share your bimbling with a few other like-minded nutters in similar machines.
see here
http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/42164-has-anybody-out-there-flown-fred.html
An advert in the superb LAA mag might well lure one out of storage, or even identify one of the few flyers.
By: 4th February 2014 at 21:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-You could probably trawl one up by doing a search on G-Info; check the de-registered section too.
By: 4th February 2014 at 23:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-A Series 2 FRED, G-BJAD is on loan to and displayed at Newark – not for sale though and still to be covered! ;)
By: 5th February 2014 at 11:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Until fairly recently there was a FRED flying regularly from White Waltham. Might still be there.
By: 5th February 2014 at 17:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Until fairly recently there was a FRED flying regularly from White Waltham. Might still be there.
Recently... well compared to the end of the last ice age, yes! :rolleyes: You might be thinking of Luton Minors.
In fact it was 2000 when Martin puttered away in ZT to the east for the last time, destination Kent. He squeezed it into a fairly tricky strip, and got the train home remarking ''Thank Feck I don't have to fly that bl++dy thing again!'' Three forced landings, one of them on fire, had cast rather a long shadow over the whole FRED experience, during his four year ownership.
The new owner had his very own 'FRED experience' on one of his early flights.
Still, cheap flying, very stimulating, lots of pub stories !
By: 5th February 2014 at 23:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Re 7
Propstrike or, should I write 'young Propstrike' It isn't until you become a bit venerable that time speeds up !
Anyway, it's barely fourteen years for God's sake - don't nitpick !
By: 7th February 2014 at 08:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Recently... well compared to the end of the last ice age, yes! :rolleyes: You might be thinking of Luton Minors.In fact it was 2000 when Martin puttered away in ZT to the east for the last time, destination Kent. He squeezed it into a fairly tricky strip, and got the train home remarking ''Thank Feck I don't have to fly that bl++dy thing again!'' Three forced landings, one of them on fire, had cast rather a long shadow over the whole FRED experience, during his four year ownership.
The new owner had his very own 'FRED experience' on one of his early flights.
Still, cheap flying, very stimulating, lots of pub stories !
Why did it catch fire ?
By: 7th February 2014 at 12:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Why did it catch fire ?
Topspeed
Think speed and friction !
By: 7th February 2014 at 13:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Why did it catch fire ?
Blew out a spark plug, and red hot gasses ignited an oil line.
By: 24th February 2014 at 03:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Blew out a spark plug
Maybe that's why he's now Dr. Diesel (and flying slightly smaller planes):
By: 26th February 2014 at 17:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Funnily enough, and example of one of these (G-BMOO) will be in attendance at an event I've just been posting about, and ground running it's rather nice engine too!
See THIS THREAD
By: 2nd March 2014 at 10:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Funnily enough, and example of one of these (G-BMOO) will be in attendance at an event I've just been posting about, and ground running it's rather nice engine too!See THIS THREAD
http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/member-project-logs/16469-fred-528-construction-log-6.html
Fred being built.
By: 2nd March 2014 at 15:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Fred in english color; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPIzqjJ5_E
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By: topspeed - 2nd February 2014 at 10:19
Anyone know about this ?
http://cluttonfred.info/contact#.Uu4bK2dWGUk
Looks pretty cool and yet simple.