Situation update from Tikkakoski

Torstai 24.2.2022 - Reino Myllymäki


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A visit to Tikkakoski on February 11th made it possible to write one situation update, that was published on February 20th, 2022. But on February16th the restoration group at Tikkakoski sent more updates, mainly pictures.

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The covering sheets around the wind screen are nearing to being completed. Mind you, of the original sheets only one survived, around the root of the antenna. All the others are made of the blanks, constructed by Antero Flander. Riveting was a huge job, 2500 flush rivets! Now the first covering sheets have been primed and surface painted, although the olive green will yet be revived and the final lines between the colours will be repainted with the camouflage painting.

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The tail fairings have also received priming and surface coats of paint. Fitting them in place can start now, as the stabilizers are at Tikkakoski for test fitting.

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The fire plate has been painted matt black and refitted. The disassembled exhaust pipes, too, have been refitted on February 11th.

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The front firewall switch case has been fitted with a cover, on which a” bulge “ was made by forging against a wood last. Other wood lasts have been made for forging, partly with CNC-milling, partly by hand crafting.

The “bulges” by the machine gun breech block solenoids that look small in photos, are in fact quite large. They, too, have been made by forging against wood lasts.

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The “bulge sheets” by the outer machine guns have been constructed in such a manner that the breech cover can be opened and closed without taking the whole sheet off. On top of that, it was observed that the cartridge chutes of the outer and inner machine guns differ from each other in the extent of material thickness. They were probably designed by different draughtsmen.

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The MY-5 fuselage is getting finished with speed.

Photos: The Air Force Museum, unless otherwise mentioned.

Translation by Matti Liuskallio.

Avainsanat: aviation history, restoration, MY-14, VL Myrsky