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Post by JAFisher44 on Aug 3, 2017 12:08:29 GMT -7
I like my Miranda!
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 12:16:51 GMT -7
Bah!!!...screw canon...that will always be the Reliant class to me....DOWN WITH PARAMOUNT UP WITH FASA!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 12:38:42 GMT -7
The Westinghouse J30 as used in the McDonnell FH Phantom was an axial-flow, annular-type turbojet engine that ran on the 100/130 octane AVGAS...it didn't seem to blow up...lol I also think it was a smart move by the US to use AVGAS, because it kept the fuel supply line simple, because the furl could be used with anything in the air at the time..... I recall reading something about flying early jets. IIRC our fuel controls were different. If a pilot jammed a US jet's throttle forward too fast the engine would flame out and shut down. I'm surprised that the Westinghouse J30's had annular engines. I thought all we had back the were can and can-annular. For those who think I'm just making stuff up... Turbojet engines have one of three combustion chamber types, Can, Can-Annular, and Annular. The airbus you take to gramma's has axial flow, annular engines (but not great ones...). The old P-80 had Centrifugal flow, Can (or can annular - been too long since I worked on one). Later planes like the B-36J III needed two fuel systems Gasoline for the radial engines, and another full of Kerosene for the turbine engines. Jet engines will actually eat just about any flammable liquid, but work best on Kerosene (pretty much diesel).
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 12:52:07 GMT -7
The J33 (P-80) had 14 cans for the combustion chambers, the J31, mounted in the P-59, had 10 cans for the combustion chambers.
and yes the J30 was the world's second production axial flow, annular stainless steel combustion...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 17:48:33 GMT -7
Was the J30 developed from captured Jumos? And cowboy40 is correct... it's a Reliant class...
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 19:18:30 GMT -7
Was the J30 developed from captured Jumos? And cowboy40 is correct... it's a Reliant class... Actually the J30 was developed independently by Westinghouse, it is just coincidence that it was similar to the Jumo .004
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 19:31:41 GMT -7
Along with the name change for the Company the P-35A would be followed by another of the line that would eventually evolve into the Thunderbolt. Republic set about to rescue itself with the introduction of the AP-4 prototype fighter and refined it into the P-43A Lancer. Even though the P-43 can't be called a world leader design, it did have something that would make it a useful machine. The Lancer married the R-1830-49 engine with the supercharger that was developed by Boeing for the B-17. This combination made for a plane with high performance at service ceiling of around 35,000 ft. This made the plane excellent for chasing down high altitude recon birds, and made it an excellent recon platform itself. The P-43 was a good starting ground for the P-47....
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 19:36:32 GMT -7
Seems the thread has it's end....i can't load anymore attachments for now...
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 3, 2017 20:08:51 GMT -7
Going to start clearing out my pictures off the forum to make room for others...I will start this process on Saturday, so if there is anyone of them you want better copy it now...lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 13:09:15 GMT -7
If you have cloud storage you should be able to store the pictures there and just link to them from here. I ran into the same storage problem when I posted some game files. I sent them to a cloud drive and posted links.
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 5, 2017 16:03:57 GMT -7
Yes i use microsoft OneDrive
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 5, 2017 20:52:45 GMT -7
Ok I have gone through the whole thread and converted just about everything from being attachments, to being embedded from my cloud....
that should free up storage space on the forum
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Post by starcruiser on Aug 5, 2017 21:33:17 GMT -7
So long as MS doesn't decide to change their terms of service too...
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 5, 2017 21:47:09 GMT -7
So long as MS doesn't decide to change their terms of service too... Hopefully they won't...i pay for my cloud...lol
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 5, 2017 21:51:07 GMT -7
Another of the greats that used the Allison engine...The P-39, when in its element could just about out fly anything in the air...It had a great air frame and it proved to be a good ground attack machine. It was deadly in the hands of the Russians. This is an Army Air Foreces' Bell P-39D Airacomet...
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Post by starcruiser on Aug 5, 2017 21:57:11 GMT -7
Yep - the Russians loved the P-39, especially due to that cannon in the nose!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 3:38:59 GMT -7
Yeager liked it at low altitude. He said at high altitude it turned into a dog though.
The P-38 used two Allisons, but they were turbo-charged and super-charged to provide power at altitude giving the Lightning a 40,000 foot ceiling.
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 7, 2017 14:30:43 GMT -7
The Colt starts to grow....With the air frame of the P-51 proving to be good combination with the Allison V-1710, it was decided to see what it could do with a Marlin engine, so a test was conducted by the RAF, and it proved to be a good fit, so North American took the aircraft back into hand and started to redesign it around the US built version of the engine and the classic Mustang started to take shape.... Here is the North American P-51B fitted with the Malcolm Hood; a British development, but several US Army Fighter Groups were able to "obtain" some kits and fitted them out... The P-51B was produced at Inglewood, Ca. and the almost identical P-51C, which were produced by North American's new plant at Dallas, TX., would finally bring an escort to protect the bombers into service....
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 7, 2017 16:28:40 GMT -7
For comparison...I give you an Allison equipped Mustang....I love tear-assn around the MTO in this thing. It can knock down anything the Italians and Germans had when it was in its element.
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 9, 2017 0:05:27 GMT -7
Here is one of my favorite early war aircraft. It was the main Luftwaffe fighter at the start of the Second World War, and in later variants continue to be one of the German mainstays. This machine handles well, and i love fighting early Spitfires and Hurricanes with it, and it kick the snot of just about anything the French had during the Battle of France. It is ironic that that really the only French manned planes that could fight it almost on an even bases was the American built Curtiss 75A Hawk series of fighters. Even though it handles well, it can get very claustrophobic in that tight cockpit (even in the computer sims)!!! Though there is some confussion out there about what this aircraft was known by. The Air Ministry called it a Bf 109E "Emil", but most people call it an Me 109...here is an explenation of this taken from wikki.... "It was commonly called the Me 109, most often by Allied aircrew and even among the German aces themselves, even though this was not the official German designation.[4] The designation "Messerschmitt Bf 109" was issued by the Ministry of Aviation (German: Reichsluftfahrtministerium) and represents the firm that originally built them, the "Bavarian Aircraft Works", or Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) in German. The confusion arises because design work began in 1934 at the BFW firm and, as was customary, the model was designated by the prefix Bf. On July 11, 1938 the company was renamed Messerschmitt AG due to Willy Messerschmitt becoming its new owner, and the prefix Me was applied to all new models after that date, whilst existing types retained their Bf prefix."
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 9, 2017 10:19:25 GMT -7
The classic Thunderbolt takes shape with this Republic P-47D "Razorback". If you compare her to the P-43A you will see the family resemblance, but the Thunderbolt had several major improvements that included revised wings and flight surfaces, a larger and more powerful R-2800 engine, and the Boeing Turbocharger was in a fairing that enclosed it. All these improvements made the Republic fighter one of he most powerful ground ponders of the war. And it is one hell of a plane to fly as well....
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 9, 2017 19:50:25 GMT -7
Inspired by the P-51, but actually a new design, the North American P-82B Twin Mustang was developed to meet and an Army Air Forces requirement for a Very Long Range (VLR) escort fighter to escort the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers all the way from base to target and back. The P-82B was to have been used by the Twentieth Air Force and the planed to be formed Eighteenth Air Force during the bombardment of Japan during the invasion. These planes would have had a combat range in this role of 2,000 miles or four thousand miles both ways. This would have been accomplished by the aircraft's ability to carry over 1,300 gallons of fuel internally and with four drop tanks. The aircraft had two fully equipped cockpits so a crew of two could remain in the air for about twelve hours. The the P-82B was powered by two Packard V-1650 engines, the US Congress and the US Army were getting fit up with having to pay a $6,000.00 royalty to Rolls-Royce for every copy of the Marlin engine the US government ordered, so in later models the aircraft were redesigned to use an updated set of Allison V-1710 engines, those saving about $7,000 per unit, although some performance loss was experienced with the Allison powered F-82E Twin Mustang escort fighter used by SAC in the early 1950's. The aircraft pictured is modeled on the P-82B that flew from Honolulu, Hawaii to New York City on a nonstop flight with no refueling; a distance of over 5,000 miles, in just over 14 hours. This record still stands today for a in service piston engine fighter!!!
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 11, 2017 13:26:47 GMT -7
sorry for loss of any pictures here in this thread, having to rebuild my cloud after something went wrong on my laptop
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 14:43:42 GMT -7
ACK!!!!
Well... I think we have all been in your shoes on that front.
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Post by cowboy40 on Aug 11, 2017 15:53:45 GMT -7
starting to get it all fixed
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