Sea Vixen XJ494

[Equinox]

Hopefully i'll update here on the progress at bruntingthorpe with our jet

if anyone has any experience fault finding Avon 200 series more specifically 206 let us know as one of ours has us stumpped for the mo

[Cluny]

Welcome to the forum Equinox

[RLN]

Hello Equinox. The Sea Vixen looked in fine fettle when I went to Brunty for the IA day out to see the LPG.

[Wedgy]

Tell us a bit more about yourself and the Sea Vixen at Brunty Equinox

[Equinox]

I'm currently a rigger at cottesmore working on depth maintenance on harriers

however i've been involved with 494 for 4 years and have worked on bringing her back to life (again) for an aircraft that is over 40 years old with over 30 years dormant she's fared suprisingly well, and now things are being freed up a lot of the systems are working again here's a quick rundown of what's working

AC Power, DC Power, Nose wheel steering, wing fold (almost snapped cables need fixing) Port Engine, Hook, RAT , U|C retractions, Canopy Motors, Aileron Changed, Flap damage fixed and a full repaint (twice)

doesn't sound a lot but if you add 3x engine removals (for various reasons) and the fact that the prep to remove the stbd engine alone took 12 months, that's why it takes time

currently the main things holding up taxing are brake functional, snapped control cables and sorting out the failure to light up of the stbd engine

just this weekend we re-attached the stbd external fuel tank and messed around with loading weapons and did the first regular anti det ground run for the port engine

So there's still plenty to do and anyone especially with small hands to get to the control cables is welcome to join in

Laters
Matt W
Sea Vixen XJ494 Preservation Group

[Mayfly]

Welcome Matt, I expect you know Flipflopman then!!!

May I suggest you say Hi in the new members thread - it will hopefully save this one from getting cluttered - if you're lucky!!