| OOLILISSIMA thank you for the pictures of G-AGOH,a few comments will assist scale modellers of some of the features that are clearly visible in your photographs,for example-
The picture of the undercarriage bungee springing system underneath the fuselage,this is a very early undercarriage spring system used on nearly every Auster aeroplane,it entails two upper tongues with a flange on the ends,to effect springing the aircraft is jacked so that the legs drop downwards,then with a tool akin to a tyre lever the rubber bungee ( usually multi strand rubber encassed in a flax coating ) the material is eased into place and is held tight against the upper and lower flanges,note the wires hanging down from the legs themselves ? well these are the safety restrainers which arrest the undercarriage legs in the event of a failure,and do they work ? well yes they do rather well,a pilot called Brian Mc Allister once doing a long distance flight in an Auster J/5R Alpine G-APFW forced landed in the Sahara Desert,he single handedly managed to repair a broken bungee on the undercarriage of his Auster,he must have had a bit of untold strength as it is no easy job to on your own.
The various clips,pipes and fittings leading to the pitot head,brakes etc are well shown in the pictures.
The Auster is a belt and braces machine,and dont you just love their character ?
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