Wow! His enthusiasm for this British warbird is inspiring. I like to think the
eliptical shape of the wing inspired some of the Healey lines (rear fender)
There's a freshly restored Spitfire at the airport down the hill from me
(Camarillo Commemorative Airforce) I've seen the plane on air shows there
together with P51D's and a privately owned Zero. I hear them fly over a lot
when I am in my garage on a saturday morning. They're probably on practice
runs or just having fun. I always run outside to enjoy the sight and sound.
It also helps to have 12y old who loves planes, so I go to most shows around
here.
http://www.cafsocal.com/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=51998
I have an open invitation to go and check out the museum, the restorations are
mostly done by volunteers. I would not be surprised if they have the equipment
to make the 2BA screws. A small lathe with thread cutting capabilities would
do. BA is mostly a metric standard, so most lathes will have the appropriate
leadscrew or gearing. Needs a custom cutting tool for the thread angle which
is different (47.5 degrees instead of 60), the right aluminum alloy and then a
strict QC process. Probably a lot of engineering goes into this. I'll ask
when I visit them.
But I would also not be surprised if there's still places you can buy these
screws or have them custom-made. Or if they're lucky they might have a
Spitfire-list where one can ask. ;-)
cheers,
Bert
--- On Fri, 11/19/10, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Ok this is a Spitfire Video
> To: "Healey" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 4:50 AM
> But you can see he's really our kind
> of pilot. He's restored this Spitfire
> as accurately as possible. What's interesting is I
> wonder where he gets 2BA
> CSK ALI airframe screws!!
>
> http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?bcpid=90015277001&bctid=652189715001
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