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PWR4360-59B
Senior Airman
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- May 27, 2008
"All the Reno engines are supercharged"
And how many of them were not supercharged in stock form?
And like I say very few modifications. So are modifications prevented by FAA?
The mention of drag racing stuf, is a good one. Some of those engines make what one or 2 runs for a whopping run time of
say 2 minutes (burn out, staging etc) or so, a full power blurp at 6 or so seconds. And get torn down for a refresh overhaul.
Well I could be wrong, looks like some overhaul after 1 run. After 8 passes 2 miles the crankshaft is junk.
Racing aircraft engines don't even come close. Top fuel drag racing they are attempting to get as much HP as possible from a very small package, sometimes they are lucky and sometimes not.
And how many of them were not supercharged in stock form?
And like I say very few modifications. So are modifications prevented by FAA?
The mention of drag racing stuf, is a good one. Some of those engines make what one or 2 runs for a whopping run time of
say 2 minutes (burn out, staging etc) or so, a full power blurp at 6 or so seconds. And get torn down for a refresh overhaul.
Well I could be wrong, looks like some overhaul after 1 run. After 8 passes 2 miles the crankshaft is junk.
Racing aircraft engines don't even come close. Top fuel drag racing they are attempting to get as much HP as possible from a very small package, sometimes they are lucky and sometimes not.
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