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| Author: | N3Njeff [ Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wright and Pratt powered DC-3 differences. |
Can anyone tell me for sure if the engine change differences were all firewall foreward???? |
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| Author: | Mark_Pilkington [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wright and Pratt powered DC-3 differences. |
N3Njeff wrote: Can anyone tell me for sure if the engine change differences were all firewall foreward???? The original civil pre-war DC-3's were built with Wright 1820 Cyclones as a follow on from the DC-2 but quickly became available with P&W 1830 Twin Wasps, and I suspect those were only firewall foreward changes. However most Cyclone powered survivors today would be pre-war or wartime civil DC-3's whereas most Pratt powered survivors (ie the vast majority) are wartime C-47's either as freighters retaining their cargo doors or modified into passenger configuration with passenger door conversions, however they would retain the strengthened floor , underwing hardpoints, glider tow ring etc and all the other C-47 modifications from the basic DC-3. The C-47B has a particularly different nacelle structure for the high altitude Pratt, although few seem to still carry them? Regards Mark Pilkington |
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| Author: | K5DH [ Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wright and Pratt powered DC-3 differences. |
Contact the Pacific Prowler guys. They operate a Wright-powered ship (The Southern Cross) and are currently restoring two Pratt-powered ships (a D-Day veteran and a Pacific veteran). |
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