C-46 with Jet Pod?

[XBe02Drvr]

Plainfield

Interesting, I didn't know a jet engine could run on gasoline.

B-36s, KC-97s, C-123s, and P2Vs, to name a few, all had jets that ran on good old "purple brew" 115/145 avgas.

 

[chuter]

... but cowl flaps still open. ...

The cowl flaps on Commandos were only on the lower half of the nacelle ... I have no idea what those upper flaps are doing there and they look fixed to me. Certainly odd.

 

[pb43]

Saw this photo yesterday.
Is that a jet pod under the fuselage?
I couldn't find a listing of it in the Variants section of the wiki article devoted to the C-46 Commando.
And are those props feathered?


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Transocean, with El Al engineering developed a twin Marbore 2 boosted C-46 in 1955. I suspect that the FAA / CAA rejected the certification, ot there was another problem. See

TRANSOCEAN, CURTISS C-46, 1955., LARGE COLOUR TRANSPARENCY b | eBay

With the original negative you can crop, rotate, adjust contrast, and edit unwanted features or glitches. You can also enlarge the image to any desired size., and print off unlimited quantities for whatever reasons.

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[nuuumannn]

The cowl flaps on Commandos were only on the lower half of the nacelle ... I have no idea what those upper flaps are doing there and they look fixed to me. Certainly odd.

Yup, they look like inspection doors, although nothing visible here. Special modification?

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[Snautzer01]

Transocean, with El Al engineering developed a twin Marbore 2 boosted C-46 in 1955. I suspect that the FAA / CAA rejected the certification, ot there was another problem. See

TRANSOCEAN, CURTISS C-46, 1955., LARGE COLOUR TRANSPARENCY b | eBay

With the original negative you can crop, rotate, adjust contrast, and edit unwanted features or glitches. You can also enlarge the image to any desired size., and print off unlimited quantities for whatever reasons.

www.ebay.co.uk

That is a good looking one. I will steal it from you for my c-46 thread

 

[pb43]

That is a good looking one. I will steal it from you for my c-46 thread

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[MiTasol]

Hi pb43
Nice site - congratulations

I especially like that visionary 1898 cartoon - the aircraft is far more streamlined than aircraft of the following 40+ years and we are still working on the concepts.

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!