v-1710

I need assistance with discovering the proper paint code which was used on the V-1710. I have searched numerous sites and have not found an answer. One reference said the paint was called Allison Blue. However, I cannot find any other information on this color. I have seen pictures of...

I am going to slowly add my Allison manuals to the site and invite others to post their V-1710 stuff here as well so it is all in one location. It will be slow as I have started to process the Lancaster Vol 1 and that will take time as it is a bit if a mess. Avro Lancaster manuals This first...

Recently I've had reason to look into the gritty mechanical details of high-displacement aero engines in general and the Allison V-1710 in particular. All sources broadly agree that the V-1710 (excluding a few late-war models) generated its maximum power around 3,000 RPM, that it utilized a...

I've posted in here before about Joe Yancey and his very good Allison shop. Here's a few pics of a Soviet MiG-3 with a Joe yancey Allison V-1710 engine being flown in Moscow, Russia last fall. 1) On ground: 2) Here is a shot in the air: 3) Here is a shot of the aircraft in a left bank. If...

Should the US Army hyper engine and the Continental XI-1430 projects have been cancelled and the resources invested in development of the V-1710 and its derivatives?

http://www.enginehistory.org/Convention/2009/Presentations/AHx4_WWII.pdf