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By: 22nd July 2008 at 21:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hopefully it will not be too expensive to get it back into the air again.
Wicked Willip :diablo:
Glad to hear it is flying again! Hope it will not be down too long as it has just had a long hibernation hasn't it!:D
By: 25th July 2008 at 12:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-G-FLYPs extended hibernation was due to her engines being overhauled, both of
which took a long time due to the difficulty in obtaining parts for the
Continental GTSIO 520-C engines. She had her CofA renewed in October 2007,
then the props were due for overhaul in December, these being completed by
the end of March. :)
On the way back from Le Havre on Monday, the right engine
coughed and started to run rough so was shut down as a precaution. :eek: The
aircraft diverted to Shoreham where an uneventful single engine landing was
carried out. :) Subsequent examination of the right engine showed that it had
thrown a con-rod. :eek::eek::eek:
The cause of the failure wont be determined until the engine is stripped
down but if anyone knows of any spare engines anywhere please get in touch
as Key are keen to keep her flying and they're hard to come by!
By: 25th July 2008 at 13:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Are there no comparable engines which could be fitted in their place that have a better spares availability?
By: 26th July 2008 at 09:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thankyou Seymour for the detailed explanation and welcome to the Forum! It is a pity someone could not have supplied the explanation months ago when the question was asked.
Mike. Thielfert?:diablo:
By: 26th July 2008 at 12:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Are there no comparable engines which could be fitted in their place that have a better spares availability?
The 206 is a notoriously difficult and expensive aircraft to operate and all credit to Key for keeping this one alive.
If it were to be fitted with alternative engines, not being a permit aircraft, the mountain of paperwork and associated costs would exceed the aircraft's operational ceiling and it would also no longer be an authentic preserved aircraft.
Educated guesses only.
Moggy
By: 26th July 2008 at 13:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Who owns the TC?
By: 27th July 2008 at 08:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It would be easier to buy another Beagle 206S and use her for spares. The cost of an engine overhaul I should imagine exceeds the value of the aircraft
By: 27th July 2008 at 19:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Unfortunately G-FLYP is the only Series 2 in Europe although there do seem to be at least three active in the US and possibly two more in Florida.
Re-engineing is an interesting idea, although the costs involved in Engineering and Certification of this would probably be prohibitive! Quite a few piston engined aircraft have been refitted with turboprops, DH Dove, Islander, DH Beaver, DC-3 to mention a few, so a Turbo Bassett is a (theoretical!) possibility!!
By: 27th July 2008 at 22:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The cause of the failure wont be determined until the engine is stripped
down but if anyone knows of any spare engines anywhere please get in touch
as Key are keen to keep her flying and they're hard to come by!
This was the only supplier that I could find of whom I am sure you probably aware of!
By: 27th July 2008 at 23:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Turbo powered B206
The 206 is a notoriously difficult and expensive aircraft to operate and all credit to Key for keeping this one alive.If it were to be fitted with alternative engines, not being a permit aircraft, the mountain of paperwork and associated costs would exceed the aircraft's operational ceiling and it would also no longer be an authentic preserved aircraft.
Educated guesses only.
Moggy
As a very junior member of the drawing office I remember a rumour about the Beagle B208 which was a turbo powered 206. Can anyone from the Design office confirm this?+
By: 28th July 2008 at 08:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Unfortunately G-FLYP is the only Series 2 in Europe although there do seem to be at least three active in the US and possibly two more in Florida.
Correct. All the remaining 206's are in the U.S. Odd that G-FLYP is not on that list see list link below? Is Boscombe Down's XS743 a Series 2?
A B.208 may have been planned, but when production of the Pup commenced, this stopped the line of 206's, permanently.
By: 29th July 2008 at 18:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-All RAF Bassets were series 1's . I believe there might be a machine in Australia with potential for flight.
By: 30th July 2008 at 01:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Can it legally use a U.S. made Continental or does it have to be a Rolls-made engine?
Pity more aren't around. I've always liked them in both Basset and civil versions.
I have in front of me a Flying magazine pilot report from 1969, they liked the plane and said that Miami Aircraft Corp (then a big time dealer and FBO) would be selling them in the U.S. At that time, there were already about six in the U.S. including one firm that bought a pair.
I hear several (many?) were bought or stloen by drug trafficers in the 80s and disappeared or were lost in that trade.
By: 30th July 2008 at 13:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There is also one still alive in Australia! :)
By: 6th August 2008 at 15:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cannot help you with a replacement engine unfortunately but I do recall how a company in America was doing an engine upgrades to 206,s some years ago. What they fitted was appreciably more powerful so the available throttle travel was limited to the original value as that was what the airframe was certified to. The owners could either keep to the reduced level and expect the engine to last along time or take advantage of the greater power, illegally though.
By: 12th August 2008 at 13:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The 206 is a notoriously difficult and expensive aircraft to operate and all credit to Key for keeping this one alive.Of course you are quite right Moggy. That is something I had not thought about. The costs would probably be way in excess of the machine's resale value.If it were to be fitted with alternative engines, not being a permit aircraft, the mountain of paperwork and associated costs would exceed the aircraft's operational ceiling and it would also no longer be an authentic preserved aircraft.
Educated guesses only.
Moggy
To the looney who suggested Thielert-I was talking real aero engines not those oily, smelly diesel things.:p
As Moggy said fair play to Key for keeping her flying as long as they have. I fear the end of the road may be near though unless a supply of replacement engines can be sourced.
By: 19th August 2008 at 21:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The engine should've been removed last week and sent away for inspection and repair. I don't have any idea of timescales yet.
Not being an engineer I don't know the answer to the questions about alternative engine models.
I do know that the only other Beagle 206's in Europe are Series 1s - the Boscombe Down Bassett, the two ex RAF Bassetts that were at Cranfield and are now at Boscombe as spares for their flying one, the US registered Bassett at Biggin Hill, the prototype which is in the museum at Shoreham, and the Midland Air Museum's one which according to their website is on loan.
A trawl around tinternet a while ago produced a photo of a Spanish Series 2 dumped at Madrid Barajas Airport. This was still just about in existance last year, but looking very sorry for itself and devoid of engines!
By: 19th August 2008 at 22:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-.A trawl around tinternet a while ago produced a photo of a Spanish Series 2 dumped at Madrid Barajas Airport. This was still just about in existance last year, but looking very sorry for itself and devoid of engines!
Fingers crossed for the estimate!
There are or were three at Madrid, EC-BFR, EC-BJF and EC-BES, all wfu.
By: 21st August 2008 at 17:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Photo of the Flypast machine:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1098754/
By: 21st August 2008 at 18:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I hope you gave yourself permission to publish that photo Ollie!:D
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By: Willip26 - 22nd July 2008 at 20:14
The Flypast Beagle B206 G-FLYP landed at Shoreham yesterday afternoon with several fire appliances in attendance , having evidently had an engine problem when inbound from Le Havre.
What's the story?
Hopefully it will not be too expensive to get it back into the air again.
Wicked Willip :diablo: