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Round Engine Day, American Fighter Day and Luftwaffe Day
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Author:  Big Nate [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Round Engine Day, American Fighter Day and Luftwaffe Day

Gotta love living in the Puget Sound area. So many opertunities to photograph airplanes. This was from the Free Fly day last weekend by the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field.

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Author:  Big Nate [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

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Author:  fnqvmuch [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

Beautiful shots - and to have heard them, as well ... lucky man.

Author:  Larry Kraus [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

Really terrific pictures Nate.Thanks for posting.I do have a question about Grumpy.Any idea what's in the carburetor scoop that looks like a bungee cord or cargo strap? It looks like it's in the other engine's intake as well.Maybe,it keeps something open downstream inside the scoop?

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Author:  whistlingdeath77 [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

wow....that p-47

Author:  Warbird Kid [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:
wow....that p-47

That aircraft we like to call.....stock to a near impossible degree.

Author:  whistlingdeath77 [ Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

that new corsair is very nice as well with the brewster bomb

Author:  Big Nate [ Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

Larry Kraus wrote:
Really terrific pictures Nate.Thanks for posting.I do have a question about Grumpy.Any idea what's in the carburetor scoop that looks like a bungee cord or cargo strap? It looks like it's in the other engine's intake as well.Maybe,it keeps something open downstream inside the scoop?

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Wow, I havn't been by this site for a while. I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. Not sure what's going on with that. I only noticed the creepy looking guy peering out from the side window.

Author:  Big Nate [ Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day *update* American Fighter Day

Here's an update with pictures from American Fighter Day....hopefully the weather will hold this weekend for Luftwaffe day and I can get some shots of the Fieseler Storch and Bf 109.

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Here's that P47 again.

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A touch out of focus, but I like the composition.

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more: http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b46 ... ter%20Day/

Author:  Big Nate [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day, American Fighter Day and Luftwaffe Day

Luftwaffe Day.

Here's a selection of what I got.

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You can see more here: http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b46 ... Fly%20Day/

BONUS. Paul Allen showed up today...in this:

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more here: http://s1046.photobucket.com/albums/b46 ... elicopter/

Author:  valdez25 [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day

Big Nate wrote:
Larry Kraus wrote:
Really terrific pictures Nate.Thanks for posting.I do have a question about Grumpy.Any idea what's in the carburetor scoop that looks like a bungee cord or cargo strap? It looks like it's in the other engine's intake as well.Maybe,it keeps something open downstream inside the scoop?

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Wow, I havn't been by this site for a while. I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. Not sure what's going on with that. I only noticed the creepy looking guy peering out from the side window.

The carb air intakes on "Grumpy" are a Canadian mod. They are hydraulically actuated doors with typical Bendix carburetors. The control levers for the doors are in the same spot as a typical B-25. The doors operate very much like typical B-25 cowl flaps, the pilot moves the lever out of the detent, and pushes it in the desired direction of the door. Like the cowl flaps, the pilot looks at the position of the door for approximate location desired, then monitors the carb air intake temp for the desired result. The cowl flaps are used to control the cylinder head temps in the same fashion.

Author:  Rata [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Round Engine Day, American Fighter Day and Luftwaffe Day

Great photos. The "red" item is an indicator to help the pilot judge the position of the door.

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