Chantry Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Cool engine noises, I'm far more a fan of the P47's R2800. And a reminder of just how big the P-47 really was. 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 That just makes me giggle 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Ah..... the sound of seducing a round engine into running! I don't know who wrote this: Dedicated To All Who Flew Behind Round Engines We gotta get rid of those turbines, they’re ruining aviation and our hearing… A turbine is too simple-minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn’t pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot sweat. Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a switch from “OFF” to “START” and then remember to move it back to “ON” after a while. My PC is harder to start. Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse, and style. You have to seduce it into starting. It’s like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the pilots aren’t even allowed to do it… Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a lady-like poof and start whining a little louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke, and finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that. It’s a GUY thing… When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting. When you have started his round engine successfully your crew chief looks up at you like he’d let you kiss his girl too! Turbines don’t break or catch fire often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency, and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it’s going to blow any minute. This helps concentrate the mind! Turbines don’t have enough control levers or gauges to keep a pilot’s attention. There’s nothing to fiddle with during long flights. Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended machines to smell. Pass this on to an old WWII pilot (or his son who flew them in Vietnam) in remembrance of that “Greatest Generation.” 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 IMHO a F7 sounds better than either of those at idle. The P51 is really best at full power, not idle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 One work horse. One thoroughbred. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Did multiengine planes have radials? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 9 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Did multiengine planes have radials? Of course! Most of 'em, actually, "back in the day." 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Did multiengine planes have radials? Many do as shown above. One example, the F7’s are basically the navy version of a P-38 so it has radials that are not forced induction. Ww2 air museum in Colorado Springs has two. They also have a P38, P47, B25, plus others. All in flying condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Looks like they just need to wind the rubberband a little tighter on that "Jug"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Turbines are what helps me pay the bills, but I always told my students real airplanes have round engines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Did they eventually get them started? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 15 hours ago, Still hand Bill said: Many do as shown above. One example, the F7’s are basically the navy version of a P-38 so it has radials that are not forced induction. Ww2 air museum in Colorado Springs has two. They also have a P38, P47, B25, plus others. All in flying condition. F7F is very sexy. Too bad they were late for WWII combat. Edited January 31 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 16 hours ago, Still hand Bill said: Many do as shown above. One example, the F7’s are basically the navy version of a P-38 so it has radials that are not forced induction. Ww2 air museum in Colorado Springs has two. They also have a P38, P47, B25, plus others. All in flying condition. Seems to me the F7 is more of a Navy version of a P61 than a P38. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: F7F is very sexy. Too bad they were late for WWII combat. It is an elegant bird, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kulshan 20262 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 1/30/2023 at 7:28 PM, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Did they eventually get them started? Yes they did! The frame rate of the video makes it look like they are not turning the props. Watch the exhaust. Then the planes taxi out under their own power. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 1/30/2023 at 2:01 AM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Did multiengine planes have radials? Many if not most US manufactured AC of that time frame had radial engines. Those same radial engines were also used in a lot of WWII tanks. Almost all British AC of the same time period used inline engines like the Merlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Another round engine start up. https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/focke-wulf-fw-190-white-1-fires-up-its-bmw-801-engine.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone Here they are purring like kittens. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Same engines powered the Super Constellation Notice the flames as she takes off. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said: Same engines powered the Super Constellation Notice the flames as she takes off. "Don't worry about the flames unless you don't see them." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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