Heinkel He 51 Rebuild in Germany

fatale · Dec 11, 2007

Hi everybody,

first I apologize for not speaking your language and thus contacting you in english.

I am in a group of enthusiasts currently in the process of building an airworthy replica of the Heinkel He 51 biplane. As construction plans are no longer avialble we are completely redesigning the aircraft. For this we are using the repair handbooks and manuals in which nearly every item is photographed. We have nearly completed building the wing-ribs and soon will start building the spars.

A few weeks ago we acquired an original BMW VI engine which is externally in a very bad shape. Most of the interior seems to be pretty sound though such as pistons, bearings and rollers.

We are trying to locate another BMW engine. 12 He 51s were exported to Bulgaria so perhaps some remains might be found there.

The BMW VI engine was also built under licence by the Russians as the Mikulin M17. It appears that these engines were identical to the BMW VI.

If any of fellow forum-users know of the whereabouts of such engines or even parts of such, I would be very grateful for a reply.

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Regards
Peter Davies-Garner
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Who can help?

Asmumy · Dec 11, 2007

LOL

i found this site
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/engine.html

Asmumy · Dec 11, 2007

It's the M-17 (Maybe Russian Aviation Museum can help him)

jotaceTOGA · Dec 12, 2007

Put Opala's engine! (asmuny and brazilians will understand hehehehehe)

zeeram · Dec 13, 2007

Good Luck!

I always thought this was an attractive plane for its time.

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