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Ouch! that was really bad!

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I saw the topic Jesse James P-51, and got excited.....for nothing....If you REALLY want to see something, you shoud see Frank James' P-38...or their cousins', the Youngers, in their matching P-47's.....sheesh

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Ouch! that was really bad!


he needs to change his show to "jesse james is a clown" i blame the announcer too what a bunch of hype and nonsense.
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I think I just lost a few brain cells....

And I need a bigger piggy bank now that the "street value" of a T-6 is over $1 million :roll: :roll: :evil:

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Wow! Is it hard to watch t.v. wince, laugh, and shake your head with incredulity, all at the same time!
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I thought TV was aimed at a 4th grade level, guess Cable drops their sights a bit!!! :shock: :lol:
But seriously, if one didn't know anything about aircraft, history, flying, racing and physics, would one find the show more appealing? :twisted:

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I think I just lost a few brain cells....

And I need a bigger piggy bank now that the "street value" of a T-6 is over $1 million :roll: :roll: :evil:


haha... Sad to say I've never driven through the kind of neighborhood where the folks on the corner are selling T-6's... :lol:

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Gee, wish our T6 had 1200 hp. Then again, glad it doesn't.
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Gee, wish our T6 had 1200 hp. Then again, glad it doesn't.
Cruise at 250, top speed 300- no problem!
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Gee, wish our T6 had 1200 hp. Then again, glad it doesn't.
Cruise at 250, top speed 300- no problem!


On our P-64, we had 1425hp, and the canopy came apart at 315mph

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Gee, wish our T6 had 1200 hp. Then again, glad it doesn't.
Cruise at 250, top speed 300- no problem!
On our P-64, we had 1425hp, and the canopy came apart at 315mph
That's why mine will be limited to 310. I'm going to put a mechanical stop on the speedometer.
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it will go much faster, but when parts started coming off, Carl decieded that was fast enough.

What happened was because of the larger diameter engine, the air coming around the cowling created a low pressure zone that rejoined the fuselage around the rear seat. In the high speed tests, the low pressure was enough that it sucked the right side canopy glass out of the frame. Carl was wearing a helmet with the dark tinted visor down and all he knew was there was a loud bang, it got real windy, and he heard something pounding on the fuselage behind him. He landed back at Deervalley a bit shaken, but got a good laugh when he found out the pounding was the canopy glass weather stripping that was pealed from the frame when the glass was sucked out of the frame.

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