Nightshaddow

for any one who may be interested an update for the tug on you tube

Chris i feel your pain, I never joined up and i work in the food industry but it is the same there

pay for managers goes up while the last few years we have had nothing, seems to be the way of the world at the moment, the less you know the more you earn :embarrassed:

my father left the air force in the mid 90s, up until then i never really saw him or knew him but on the bright i never held that against him (i was 13 when he left the airforce) and since he left we became great friends as well, so the future is bright

dave

hi guys thanks for the welcome

billy h : the project is an old 40s/50s (guessing) hand operated aircraft tug, have posted in the research area

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?52767-coventry-victor-aircraft-tug-help-identifying-%28pic-heavy%29

zero-five-two : was born in bmh rinteln as my father was based at gutersloh when we moved back to the uk, he was stationed at linton-on-ouse

on a side not i am very well in tune with engines (hence why i was brought onto the project) and motorcycles are my speciality, so if i can ever help anyone out feel free to give me a shout :thumbsup:

thanks for your imput guys

matchfuzee: could be a good source there hopefully they will get back to me though I doubt the new owners Cobham will have records but who knows tried contacting them and hopefully will get a response.

Amsco: thanks for the heads up, some quick research and the trans brake does look indeed like the mini and will follow that up :thumbsup:

chris hall: indeed very manoeuvrable and very useful things, my dad used one in the 70's at R.A.F. Coningsby for all and sundry from moving armourment (he was an armourer) to moving phantoms

RAFMT : that would be amazing if you could find one, it would help our project no end

i will post some more if you are interested the further we get into it

dave

hi guys and gals im Dave Aka Nightshaddow

OK so long story short im helping the local air museum restore/renovate a small aircraft tug.

and while the engine was easy to identify and has since been got running

the rest is not so easy and getting parts may be an issue, after removing the seized brake drums we need brake parts, so any help or info on this thing would be appreciated

the engine itself is a Coventry victor ad3 mk2 to which i have found a manual online (if anyone requires i will gladly share :-) )

so we have tackled the transmission brake and freed off the drive train here is what's behind the plate,

as you can see a very basic drum and shoe setup and it mostly looks pretty good and as opposed to the wheel drums this looks like it could be salvageable.

once freed off we decided to to check the transmission and take it for a walk to make sure the gearbox and clutch was fully functioning ...........

it was

so here is where the real questions come in

i am trying to identify the brake components as these seem to be hard to identify, who made the tugs originally and what parts bins did they use?

any information on it would be good and all help is appreciated

sorry if it seems a long but as i am only 34 and this thing i would predate me by i am guessing 30 years or so and i only have info on the engine i tryed to include anything and everything i could to help identify

and for reference in the 2 vids im the scruffy one cranking the engine

hi

I am Dave aka Nightshaddow as the title says my parents were in the royal air force

my father now volunteers at the Yorkshire air museum where i am currently helping with a project (actually i am lead on the project) hopefully i can chew a few ears and get some imput and help