DH Mosquito construction

[Mr_B]

Does anyone have any pictures of the construction showing in simple terms which are the wooden parts and which are the major metal sections, such as landing gear ,engine mounts and how the two materials are joined.
Thanks

[aeropilot]

Wooden parts (wood composite in reality) was fuselage, tail, tailplanes and wing. Metal parts were the engine nacelles which all the other metal parts hung off of.

Have a look through the pics on this site for the 'new build' wooden parts being made in New Zealand for the restoration of Fighter Factory's example.

http://www.mosquitorestoration.com/

[Lefty Two Drams]

aeropilot said:

Wooden parts (wood composite in reality) was fuselage, tail, tailplanes and wing. Metal parts were the engine nacelles which all the other metal parts hung off of.

Have a look through the pics on this site for the 'new build' wooden parts being made in New Zealand for the restoration of Fighter Factory's example.

http://www.mosquitorestoration.com/

Great link! That's really interesting.

I always wondered how easy it would be to build a Mossie from scratch, given enough time and money.

[Simpo Two]

How about a trip to www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/index.html?

IIRC they have the original prototype Mosquito.

[topsparks]

Been there 3 times,best museum in the country by far,they have bits of fuselage you can handle,resorations you can wander around and loads of "old boys" there that used to fly them that like to have a chat and share their old war stories.
Last time I went donated an old deHavilland 2 blade prop that was left behind in my unit,off an SFX wind machine.

[Mr_B]

Thanks. I was thinking that all the major load bearing metal parts would be joined, like there would be a metal wing spar with the undercarrige and engine mounts all joined.
I guess this pic says it best, must be very strong to hang a Merlin of that.

[mattmoxon]

Mr_B said:

Thanks. I was thinking that all the major load bearing metal parts would be joined, like there would be a metal wing spar with the undercarrige and engine mounts all joined.
I guess this pic says it best, must be very strong to hang a Merlin of that.

it is all to do with how the structure is put together really I used to build RC aircraft out of balsa wood - very flimsy on it's own but built into the right structure and it was very strong. But yeah it is going to have to be very strong to hang a Merlin off it

Matt