Turbo-supercharger

[CurbTiger]

Hello guys, just joined the forum to chip in a bit.
Super duper cool to see a unit straight outta the box.
Johno, how did you come across it? Let's here the story.
I've got a good portion of one of those monsters. My dad picked it up somewhere along the way. He was a life long general aviation mechanic.
I'll get some pictures up on here eventually.
Here's the service manual: G.E. USAAF turbo-superchargers | Aircraft Manuals / Documents

And an AAF film, There's three parts.


This film has some servicing info:


Those things are hens teeth. Don't tear it up.
By the way, the GE data plate says minimum horsepower is 1000hp.

Nate E.

 

[CurbTiger]

 

[Johno]

Would the unit pictured have been built by General Electric?

Yes I believe so.

 

[mike_cyul]

Possibly the best video on WW2 supercharging I've ever seen (and check out his other video's, too, just excellent).

 

[seesul]

Maybe this could be useful for you as well. It all except of the pdf file comes from B-17' manuals.

 

[Johno]

Possibly the best video on WW2 supercharging I've ever seen (and check out his other video's, too, just excellent).

Awesome video.
very well put together and extremely informative thanks.

 

[Big Jake]

How can I contact you off line?

Hey Big Jake pm me

PM? please clarify.

Jake

 

[MiTasol]

Hey Wuzak
Just trying to navigate the site as I'm a newby

So the one on a p-38 is the same as a b-17

Yes and no
They were both B type but the inlet/outlet positions were different and there were other minor differences. Changing the inlet/outlet positions was relatively easy as were the other changes like the cooling fitting position. There are several turbocharger manuals on the forum and I am fairly positive there is one shows the different setups - have a look at

Other Mechanical Systems Tech.

Manuals People are looking for (and other pages in that forum)

and/or do a search for turbocharger

 

[Johno]

PM? please clarify.

Jake

Hey Big Jake I don't know how to communicate with you off line.

 

[MiTasol]

To PM someone hold your cursor over their name in the left column and then click on the Start conversation button - after that it is just another post

 

[Johno]

To PM someone hold your cursor over their name in the left column and then click on the Start conversation button - after that it is just another post

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Can you do that on an iPhone?

 

[MiTasol]

Can you do that on an iPhone?

I do not use an iphone so do not know

 

[Johno]

I do not use an iphone so do not know

Ok maybe someone will jump in and tell us. I don't have a computer
Cheers Darren

 

[tomo pauk]

Ok maybe someone will jump in and tell us. I don't have a computer
Cheers Darren

On a smartphone, click on the person's avatar - that is the big J icon on your posts, while my avatar is the chequered MiG-21 for example. The menu will pop up, with options 'Follow', 'Ignore' and 'Start conversation'. Hit the last option for the PM (private message). People will also get notification on their e-mail that someone sent them a message.

 

[Johno]

On a smartphone, click on the person's avatar - that is the big J icon on your posts, while my avatar is the chequered MiG-21 for example. The menu will pop up, with options 'Follow', 'Ignore' and 'Start conversation'. Hit the last option for the PM (private message). People will also get notification on their e-mail that someone sent them a message.

Awesome Tomo thanks mate.