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A common affliction around here, I think. That Sea Fury cowling setup does not make it easy to work on the engine.
I don't remember the details, but "Super Chief" had a different kind of Centaurus, with a 4 blade prop.
Changing 56 spark plugs with all that stuff in the way (there's another layer of baffles that has been removed here) would make for a very long day
I don't remember the details, but "Super Chief" had a different kind of Centaurus, with a 4 blade prop.
Changing 56 spark plugs with all that stuff in the way (there's another layer of baffles that has been removed here) would make for a very long day
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So a Centaurus Sea Fury is a joy in normal operations and in maneuvering flight. Lots of power and speed, and lovely, light well coordinated controls. A bit treacherous at lower speeds but otherwise magnificent. A Mustang feels like a truck in comparison. But the Sea Fury had limits as a racer. The Centaurus just could not be overrevved, or it would get real quiet a few hours later. This combination of reduction gearing and rpm limitations meant that Sea Furies ran Reno at 350mph, give or take 10mph or so. Faster that a stock Mustang or Corsair, but mid pack at best.
In 1982 a remarkable group of engineers, mechanics, sheet metal people, pilots and designers got together to build a 4360 powered Super Corsair. They went from stripped hulk in the back lot to a flying Racer in something like 4 months. One day during the test program Frank Sanders was flying chase in his stock Sea Fury. Jim Maloney put some power to the Corsair, and turned on the ADI for the first time and just walked away from Sanders, who was at takeoff power in the in the Sea Fury.
Frank thought that if a 4360 would do that in a fat wing barn door like a Corsair it could really be something in a real airplane like a Sea Fury.
Frank had an ex- Burmese 2 seater in a bunch of mahogany boxes in his back lot. The airplane had not flown in 35 years and was 6 inches deep in dirt and rodent droppings. The engine was long gone, having been colonised for decades by all sorts of wildlife. But the airframe was sound and cleaned up good. After a solid year of 60 hour weeks by Frank and his sons and a couple of other people they had a world beater. They called it Dreadnought.
In 1982 a remarkable group of engineers, mechanics, sheet metal people, pilots and designers got together to build a 4360 powered Super Corsair. They went from stripped hulk in the back lot to a flying Racer in something like 4 months. One day during the test program Frank Sanders was flying chase in his stock Sea Fury. Jim Maloney put some power to the Corsair, and turned on the ADI for the first time and just walked away from Sanders, who was at takeoff power in the in the Sea Fury.
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Frank thought that if a 4360 would do that in a fat wing barn door like a Corsair it could really be something in a real airplane like a Sea Fury.
Frank had an ex- Burmese 2 seater in a bunch of mahogany boxes in his back lot. The airplane had not flown in 35 years and was 6 inches deep in dirt and rodent droppings. The engine was long gone, having been colonised for decades by all sorts of wildlife. But the airframe was sound and cleaned up good. After a solid year of 60 hour weeks by Frank and his sons and a couple of other people they had a world beater. They called it Dreadnought.
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