"SEAGULL PATENT"

[Oyster 49]

Ah, the side mount system, I understand

Does anybody have an SD with one of those mounts fitted? How about a picture?

[Charles uk]

There are pictures on here.

Seek & ye shall find

[charlesp]

Not to be confused with the civilian side mount shown bottom right here:

http://www.saving-old-seagulls.co.uk/no ... 20info.jpg

[electrosys]

Bear with me guys, as I don't think the anaesthetic has worn off yet - certainly my head is still full of cotton wool - but just to check:
the items marked as '61' are presumably to hook under the gunwhale and hold the assembly hard down onto it? (which kinda suggests that this bracket is custom-made to fit a 'standard' gunwhale ?)

What purpose does item '56' (the one nearest to the gunwhale) serve - or is it just a spare top clamp thingy ?

Must say I do like this - would provide an easy solution to providing a reverse thrust function for early Seagulls.
Are there any more similar diagrams around to act as brain-fodder ?

[Keith.P]

looking at it, 61 pulls the mount tight down on to the gunwhale and 65 is to pull it in at the bottom tight against the hull.

[Jan]

The bracket is for a Mark III F.B.E. (Folding Boat Equipment) raft used by the Royal Engineers during WWII.

This topic started with an air intake for sale

Jan

[Charles uk]

Electrosys gets 10/10 for his answer.

Keith only 7/10 because it's 65 that pulls it in tight.

[Oyster 49]

Does anybody have one of these fitted to an engine? It would be good to see one as nature intended

[Oyster 49]

If you look at the boat on the left of this picture there is a fitting that looks very similar to the fitting we are talking about

[Niander101]

Well spotted but it has a center piece up the middle not on bracket
i have a side mount [civilian] maybe it can work out with bargepusher on folkboat
Btw anyone want a "seagull patent" air inlet ?.... Obviously not!

[Charles uk]

The FBE was a canvas sided boat that telescoped up to about 2 foot 6 high it seems, that looks like pressed metal, aluminium?

Keep searching Oyster there must be some definative pictures somwhere.

I wonder if there are any to be found in the German records, they must have captured some & taken pictures, I doubt they were very impressed with our new secret weapon, when they were flying the ME 262.

Does anyone know what they were using for the same job?

[Oyster 49]

We have a Me 262 engine in the heritage centre where I work, very advanced for its time Not unlike the SD seagull