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Yeah the mk2 beau had merlins and I asked about that possibility during my hangar tour last year. TFC's view is that their example is not a mark2 so it needs round engines. We also talked about the possibility of modifying the engine plumbing to allow them to use late model herc engines of which there are lots still about but that was rejected too as being not in keeping with the original design. The long and the short of it is that they are prepared to wait to see if a pair (three actually) of engines can be found and if they exhaust all possibilities then they'd rather have new engines built from scratch using the original plans (which do exist and which they have - I've seen them) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Early versions had Merlins so that shouldn't be too much trouble (in comparison to sourcing 4 Hercules engines - TFCs beaufighter is a case in point) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

lol

If it is restored to airworthy status, there'll be precious little of the original left. I'm with Arthur here - the only two substantially complete airframes known to exist are at the RAF Museum Hendon and that one is essentially displayed 'as found' (i.e. a wreck albeit a near complete one) since the airframe was considered far too fragile for a fully weight bearing restoration and the other is a part composite-part replica example at Elvedon in Yorkshire. Neither of those will ever fly so after being broken in three and soaked in seawater for over seventy years I think an airworthy restoration is highly unlikely to say the least in this case. That said, another example is very welcome! Good luck to 'em I say!

Yep, a "holy crap!" moment right there.

Oh my...

So how could we make that happen? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Perhaps we could charge them rent?

Here's mine for comparison; CPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BX80662I56600K-Core-i5-6600K-LGA1151/dp/B010T6DCBS/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1459016028&sr=1-2&keywords=i5+6600K ( sans cooler) Mobo: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z170-hd3p-intel-z170-s-1151-ddr4-satae-sata3-6gb-s-pcie-30-dvi-hdmi-atx-motherboard Memory: http://www.ebuyer.com/719221-corsair-vengeance-lpx-16gb-2x8gb-ddr4-dram-2133mhz-c13-memory-kit-cmk16gx4m2a2133c13 HDD: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-seagate-st2000dm001-barracuda-720014-sata-3-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-oem-ncq SSD: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/250gb-samsung-850-evo-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-mgx-3d-v-nand-512mb-cache-read-540mb-s-write-520mb-s-97k GPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-Superclocked-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00ZUXCGXG/ref=sr_1_31?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1459016730&sr=1-31&keywords=gtx980ti As far as CPU cooling is concerned I'm using http://www.ebuyer.com/176157-arctic-cooling-freezer-7-pro-rev-2-socket-775-1150-1156-1155-ac-frz-7pr2 and http://www.ebuyer.com/450904-arctic-cooling-mx-2-4g-thermal-paste-or-mx2-ac-01 (be careful what you buy here - some thermal compounds are electrically conductive - this isn't though) As far as a PSU is concerned, I'm hearing good things about this: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/nda-650w-corsair-rm650x-series-80-plus-gold-full-modular-sli-crossfire-single-rail-54a-plus12v-1x135

just found this on scan - https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-z170-gaming-k3-atx-motherboard-intel-i5-6600k-unlocked-cpu-corsair-8gb-vengeance-lpx-ddr4-3 also found this - http://www.play-asia.com/intel-core-i5-6600k-4x-350ghz-boxed-without-cooler/13/708ziz?gclid=Cj0KEQjw5ti3BRD89aDFnb3SxPcBEiQAssnp0vIlJTSQeeJ3DpDJIlyssQCSDXvQvSdSrUBbFOjRjTAaAstr8P8HAQ&ref=froogle_uk - interesting as it's sans cooler.

You know you have a flightsim problem when you look at the real thing and think, "yeah, I'd definitely tweak the deadzone on that"

Some pretty impressive low-fleigening there. Fen will approve I'm sure (despite no P-38)

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Have you tried telling the phone company there's a war on?

Same here - lol

Incidentally, a 600 or 650w PSU would be fine for your requirements Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, that's the way it tends to work. Make sure you buy the unlocked 'K' variant of your CPU and it'll easily overclock to over 4GHz (my old 2500K i5 is stable at 4.1 GHz - air cooled too - I don't run it at that though, dialled it back to 3.8 and it shaves about 10 reg off the core temps - should extend the lifespan) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

3.5GHz in standard mode, 3.9GHz in turbo. 1 point about the SSD Mel, ensure you use a SATAIII compatible data cable and plug it into a SATAIII port on the mobo - no point in squandering horsepower for the sake of a few extra quid. Actually thinking about it, I've got a few spare SATAIII data cables - I'll let you have 'em.

It'll do (that mobo is socket 1151 yes?) - The EVGA 980 is the better card IMO

I have taken the (probably significant) liberty of running that youtube clip through some professional conversion software I happen to have around the place and created an mp3 from the soundtrack for anyone who wants to add it to their iTunes or what-have-you. It's in the vault now and here's the link.

Indeed. Love it. ~S~

No keyboard problems here, my secondhand G15 works fine in win 10. Just a thought, have you tried another keyboard? You might have a compatibility problem. I'm not suggesting you spend any more than about £10, but if you get a cheapo v. standard keyboard and try that (always useful to have a spare too IMO) it might help point to the root cause of the problem.

I agree, the Patrouille have been better value for money recently