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[1olbull]

Thanks for the pix!
A coffee table book sounds good!

 

[bruce aussie]

WTF is this?

Found out what has been done to this ute. Its a 1946 Ford ute with a 4inch roof chop, lengthened 42 Lincoln Zephyr rear guards. Rear bumper was made from 2 Ford Lincoln over riders and a Chevy crossbar. Engine is flathead Ford.

 

[bruce aussie]

My photo of the day, from last Saturday

 

[bruce aussie]

Heads up, plane coming through.

 

[bruce aussie]

 

[1olbull]

My photo of the day, from last Saturday

A VERY sweet lead sled!
and Baron Manfred von Richthofen would be proud!

 

[Joesmoe]

And another silly "what is it" question: have you any idea what engine powers the triplane ?

 

[1olbull]

And another silly "what is it" question: have you any idea what engine powers the triplane ?

Twas a Fokker Dr.1 Triplane.
The engine was a 110 hp Oberursel UR.II, the clone of the Le Rhône 9J radial.

 

[Joesmoe]

I'm aware of that, having built the models.

They don't make those any more (factory shut down in what, 1918 ?), so I was more wondering how THAT plane is powered.

I once had a spare Jaguar V-12 engine, and for a time was eying one of the scale WWII fighter homebuilts that were designed for that engine with the realistic exhausts.

And if y'all ever need a great place to congregate with Rockets, I can highly recommend the Udvar-Haazy Annex of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, where they have those engines, and more, and the air vehicles that benefited from them.

In my younger days, I asked an aero engineer where most innovations originate -- the conversation was being held in the F-16 CTF at Edwards AFB. He looked up at me and said, "Good question. The reality is that every major innovation followed an advance in propulsion. With more pushies, the aero designer had more of an envelope with which to work.

And to this day, we are fortunate to admire real live working 2.4 liter in-line 3-cylinders.

 

[1olbull]

I'm aware of that, having built the models.
They don't make those any more (factory shut down in what, 1918 ?), so I was more wondering how THAT plane is powered.
I once had a spare Jaguar V-12 engine, and for a time was eying one of the scale WWII fighter homebuilts that were designed for that engine with the realistic exhausts.
And if y'all ever need a great place to congregate with Rockets, I can highly recommend the Udvar-Haazy Annex of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, where they have those engines, and more, and the air vehicles that benefited from them.
In my younger days, I asked an aero engineer where most innovations originate -- the conversation was being held in the F-16 CTF at Edwards AFB. He looked up at me and said, "Good question. The reality is that every major innovation followed an advance in propulsion. With more pushies, the aero designer had more of an envelope with which to work.
And to this day, we are fortunate to admire real live working 2.4 liter in-line 3-cylinders.

I hope you are coming to RAA XI as you will absolutely LOVE the Cody museum!