XM655

[Xplumberlives]

Hi all.

We hope to give XM655 an engine run tomorrow IF the planned wet/dry cycles go ok.As you all know No4 engine has been out and checked and refitted and its the first egr we have done since members day last year.IF everything goes ok then we aim to start all four engines and maybe rattle a few windows in the village.


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Not too early I hope!

[Supertrooper]

I hope to hear the Olympus Symphony from the other side of the village.

Good luck all for your days work.

[Mayfly]

hurrah!!!! hope all goes well!!!

[Crew chief]

Hi all.

We had a good day at Wellesbourne today.
First we wet/dry cycled No 4 engine on the pan and all was well then as we were about to shut down out Houchin power set went u/s.Thanks to the effort's of Derek and Fred they soon had it working and we were able to carry on with the day's planned egr's.We started No4 to check all was well and it performed without fault and after shutting down and a few more check's we started all four engine's and with cruise selected we took each engine up to its govened speed of approx 97.5%.A couple of the engine's did go to 99 % but Sooty plans to tweak them down a touch as 97.5 % is fast enough for us.We ended the day all smile's and went home happy.


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[Bovril]

[Mayfly]

Roll on June!!!!!

[Nickolas]

309 (Sawbridgeworth) Sqn have a print on the wall and ........it's XM655.
Will try to photograph it and post on here sometime soon.

[Cluny]

[RLN]

Glad everything went well

[Avro683]

Good to hear the engine work was successful. She looks and sounds amazing well done!!

[Crew chief]

309 (Sawbridgeworth) Sqn have a print on the wall and ........it's XM655.
Will try to photograph it and post on here sometime soon.

You and your sqn are more than welcome to come and visit XM655 at Wellesbourne.


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[Sploosher]

655 sounds great guys..........................

[Mackrick]

Thanks for the video and update......

[Sooty655]

Thanks for the video and update......

You're welcome. Sorry there are no photos, but we were fairly short-handed, and our usual photographer was rather busy at the AEO's bench.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned so far is the tug. After a bit of TLC to its engine and pneumatics by Phil, Len and Mark a couple of weeks ago, Bovril's pride and joy performed faultlessly.

Only a few relatively small jobs to do now, and XM655 will be ready for WWW2010.

[Gully]

Congratulations to all at MaPS! Looking forward to the 20th June!

Gully

[Ramshornvortex]

our usual photographer was rather busy at the AEO's bench

Sorry about that, lots of wiggly amps to send in the right direction .... I have found this though, taken (with a long lens) from the Touch Down Cafe at the airfield:

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image85194.html

It was a great day (after a few Gremlins were attended to).

Next event...... '558 aircrew training day.......more on that soon.

[Crew chief]

And what a fine looking Vulcan she is.
That's one of the best shot's of 655 i've seen for a while.


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[Mayfly]

Always have said she's photogenic!!!

[Jigsaw]

Excellent stuff

[Wedgy]

She is the most beautiful of Vulcans thats for sure. Amazes me how well she keeps considering she's always out in the elements.

Well done to you all

[Sooty655]

A bit late with the update for yesterday's activities, but we have been at the Boulton Paul Heritage Projects open day today.

We connected our hydraulic rig, and sorted out the final adjustments and testing of the nosewheel steering on the grease-plates. We also adjusted the cruise governor settings on three of the engines following the tests we carried out last week.

Everything was completed OK, and we have now declared XM655 serviceable for the forthcoming XH558 aircrew training.

As it was such a beautiful day, we were able to make progress with the skin repair on the spine, which now only needs a couple of dry Saturdays to complete, and we also repainted a substantial amount of the grey portion of the cammo on the top of the stbd wing.

All in all, another very productive day at Wellesbourne.

[Mayfly]

Hurrah!!!!

Just make sure they look after her!!!!

[Crew chief]

Hi all.

Looks like we will be using 655 for 558 aircrew training on 15th May.This is not a public event but the day's proceeding's may be viewed from the Saturday market side of the airfield .


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[Xplumberlives]

Keep up the good work guys!

[Gully]

Hi all.

Looks like we will be using 655 for 558 aircrew training on 15th May.This is not a public event but the day's proceeding's may be viewed from the Saturday market side of the airfield .


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Make sure you cover up all those knobs and dials down the back - don't want Barry and Phil getting confused!!

Gully