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Yeah, actually he does.Actually he reminds me of Shooter
"Thrust Column" sounds like a term in a racy woman's novelMaybe this is the guy who proposed a "thrust column" some 10 - 15 years back and has come back to troll?
Remember we had a good time with the guy who misspelled Germans as "Gremans," and we invented a war with Gremany? We were just having fun, but he never came back. Maybe this is him coming back?
Just thinking in print here. Nothing really against McCandy except for his lack of knowledge of jets and pistons. Maybe he'll learn.
Stranger things have happened. The Italians elected a stripper to Parliament once. She failed to strip in Parliament even once. I don't think they ever tried that again, so far, anyway. But, hey, it was worth at least ONE shot at it!
They were experimenting with towing a P-80 behind B-29s for "escort" duty with not only the P-80 being towed out with a dead engine and starting the engine once the tow was disconnected but the P-80 was expected to hook back on once the group had exited the danger area for the flight back. While a few test tows the P-80 went ok the first attempt to actually hook on in flight didn't go well and once hooked on the pilot had extreme difficulty unhooking and the attachment would up pointed backwards blocking the pilots view. He was able to land the P-80 but that ended the experiment.
I look at the positives, look at how much info came out in the P39 thread, or the thread about giving the Spitfire more internal fuel and using it as an escort from 1942 and now this thread, there's lots of benefits when a poster pushes an agender, the more knowledgeable posters roll out the facts to dispute their claims, except the Spit thread, your all wrong, it should have got more fuel haha, I'll see myself out.
My guess not much -GregP ?
Just how much of that Merlin is still Merlin? BTW beautiful sound!
Well the Merlin is fragile you know.About as much as a 427 Hemi super fuel drag race engine is as a stock 427 Hemi
As an 8 year old, I was able to fit well and be comfortable in the MiG 15 that came to Eglin. That is also the first time I met Yeager and Hoover.I can't image a non-Hobbit riding in that unheated seat for 6-10 hours. The good nws is that for a TU-4 mission profile, the MiG pilot would have to punch out for lack of fuel, before returning home.Interesting, wasn't aware of this. The Russians did the same thing with a Tu-4, they called it the Boorlaki (strong man, the local village heavy lifter was known as a boorlaki) programme, towing a MiG-15 behind the bomber. The problem was the comfort of the fighter pilot on long flights, particularly regarding heating and ablutions. The MiG pilots they tried the experiment with got so cold they were not able to function properly after sitting motionless for hours on end.
Well, considering the Dodge Hemi of old was a 426 I'd say that seems to confirm my thoughts about your research.About as much as a 427 Hemi super fuel drag race engine is as a stock 427 Hemi
That "Rolls Royce" lettering on the cover added an additional 38.5 hp to the engine.I can't see tossing a valve cover that has Rolls-Royce on it. That's class!
Well, there was a 427 Hemi - but it was a Mickey Thompson custom-built Ford engine...
My understanding is they typically use late production Rolls Royce Blocks the so-called Transport blocks so the Roll Royce valve cover is legit.A reno "Merlin" starts with a Merlin block, generally using Allison G-series rods, a custom crankshaft or an actual Merlin crankshaft (the weak spot in Merlins are the rods, not the crankshafts), an aftermarket fuel system, usually injection, and aftermarket pistons. Some use stock valves and some use aftermarket valves. Many have an aftermarket middle main cap, and I'd be surprised if the top guys are flying stock supercharger impellers.
But, the valve covers usually say "Rolls Royce" and, if I had one, they valve covers would say "Rolls Royce." too!
They usually get heat-soaked about lap 6 or so, and are generally MAP-backed-off every two laps or so to finish at somewhere around 120" at the end of lap 8.
Whatever. They sound magic. I wish Strega and Voodoo were still flitting about the pylons at speed every year. I miss Rare Bear, too.