[Sooty25]

......rebuild a Turbulent?

https://uk.gofundme.com/f/fund-a-turb

[Genghis the Engineer]

If you are paying somebody else to do the work, probably.

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[CloudHound]

I used to fly ‘NZ in the 1970s so have great affection for it.

I’d be very sad for it not to fly again.

[rogerb]

Rather think the Tiger turn team have been through several aircraft and rebuilds over the years.
One assumes insurance was not involved.

[Sooty25]

Sounds to me that they'd be better off selling the wreck to someone who wants to take on the rebuild themselves and just look for another in flying condition.

[Dave W]

That's the one that ended up in the sea after some balloon-popping, isn't it?

Some quick-thinking spectators on the beach that day, thankfully.

[CloudHound]

Can’t find any reference to this latest mishap which appears to have happened just after their last display at Great Warbirds?

If it is rebuilt can it go back to its original blue colour please?

[Dominie]

The GoFundMe link says

In November 2020 she suffered a fuel pump failure and came down on broken ground. Thankfully there were no injuries to her pilot, but the same can't be said of November Zulu. She requires a full rebuild.

The issue the Tiger Club have (AIUI) with getting another aircraft is that they would need to find another Rollason-built one, and these are in short supply. I think that, regardless of many rebuilds, Rollason-built aircraft have some sort of exemption when it comes to people who pay to fly them.

[Ian Melville]

Hasn't that all changed? You can lease LAA Permit aircraft now IIRC?

[Kemble Pitts]

......rebuild a Turbulent?

https://uk.gofundme.com/f/fund-a-turb

Depends how flucked it is!

Lovely little aeroplanes, I wish they'd stop breaking them.

[Sooty25]

The GoFundMe link says

In November 2020 she suffered a fuel pump failure and came down on broken ground. Thankfully there were no injuries to her pilot, but the same can't be said of November Zulu. She requires a full rebuild.

The issue the Tiger Club have (AIUI) with getting another aircraft is that they would need to find another Rollason-built one, and these are in short supply. I think that, regardless of many rebuilds, Rollason-built aircraft have some sort of exemption when it comes to people who pay to fly them.

Spitfires used to be in short supply until someone realised you could build a new one and just slap an old dataplate on it!

Are Turbulents difficult to build?

[Marchettiman]

If I was unfortunate enough to bend my Condor and find that its rebuild wasn’t covered by insurance I would either have to:
1) Rebuild it myself with help from friends and professionals (if I could afford to) or
2) Sell the project on to someone who was able and enthusiastic enough to do so
There is no way I would launch an electronic begging bowl so I could have the pleasure of owning, flying and enjoying a freshly restored aircraft. That option wouldn’t seem very ethical to me.

[TheFarmer]

How on earth does one go about bending a Condor?

You must have tried really really hard!

[Peter Kelly]

Come on Mr Farmer, get on it... If I was unfortunate enough to...

[Kemble Pitts]

How on earth does one go about bending a Condor?

You must have tried really really hard!

If you're not good enough to do that, then don't decry those that have the requisite skills

PS - I'm sure we could all bend an aeroplane given the right 'opportunity'. (And I do realise that Marchettiman did not suggest that he had).