Thunderbolt photos

• Mar 21, 2009

• #21

syscom3

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Chino 2005.

These also happen to be my first ever pics I posted when I joined this forum.

 

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• Mar 21, 2009

• #22

lawdawg

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Great pics...thank you.

 

• Mar 21, 2009

• #23

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One thing I noticed at the Chino airshows, is that the P38 and P47 sound so much different than every other warbird. Its almost a muffled sound as compared to the sharp racket of a Hellcat, P40, P51 or Spitfire

I think its due to the exhaust ducting is designed to blow into turbochargers and must be "collected" from all the cylinders into one big duct.

 

• Mar 22, 2009

• #24

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Could be. A turbocharger does a pretty good job of chopping up an exhaust note.

I used to do a lot of motorsports photography. The turbocharged Porsche 962s sounded like vacuum cleaners, while the Jaguar Group 44 cars (normally aspirated 12-cylinder engines) sounded like proper race cars.

Best,

Michael

 

• Mar 22, 2009

• #25

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Beaut shots guys