A Real Airliner Out of Restoration and Flying at Chino

[MikeD]

That reminds of a time I went to work, for my employer, on the Aeroproducts prop regulator on the SoCal CAF F8F up at Camarillo. Joe Pepito was running the show back then and once I'd removed the prop and disassembled the regulator, reassembled everything, hung the prop (all on the ramp because they didn't have a hangar) and we performed run ups he came up all friendly like and suggested I might have an opportunity to come work there. I asked what are you going to pay? He said I could start as a volunteer. I laughed, loaded my truck and drove back to the valley.

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iijs0iS3_ZM&pp=ygUzd2hlbiB5b3UncmUgZ29vZCBhdCBzb21ldGhpbmcgbmV2ZXIgZG8gaXQgZm9yIGZyZWUg

 

[Roger Roger]

The Martin had a shiftable supercharger, too. The technology involved to make pistons fly higher and faster is impressive on paper, and even more impressive that it worked, and worked regularly and in revenue service.

But like a lot of really high-end stuff, it also required some pretty serious investments in personnel—trained and experienced ones—to keep the things working. The engineering (both development, and in the Commonwealth sense of “an engineer is a guy who works on the airplane”) brain trust that kept these things going basically doesn’t exist anymore.

Turbosupercharger Control Systems 1

www.enginehistory.org

A little primer on WWII turbocharger control systems

This stuff is just absolutely bananas complicated-far, far beyond the hydro mechanical system I’m familiar with from my Navajo days.

 

[Richman]

Turbosupercharger Control Systems 1

www.enginehistory.org

A little primer on WWII turbocharger control systems

This stuff is just absolutely bananas complicated-far, far beyond the hydro mechanical system I’m familiar with from my Navajo days.

And that's not even the British stuff, which is just outright insanity. Like a madman set to design an infernal machine.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

And that's not even the British stuff, which is just outright insanity. Like a madman set to design an infernal machine.

every brit is quietly building jet engines in their garden sheds, I'm convinced

 

[Richman]

every brit is quietly building jet engines Tardises (Tardii?) in their garden sheds, I'm convinced

FIFY....

 

[///AMG]

Turbosupercharger Control Systems 1

www.enginehistory.org

A little primer on WWII turbocharger control systems

This stuff is just absolutely bananas complicated-far, far beyond the hydro mechanical system I’m familiar with from my Navajo days.

I believe I heard once that this was all held at the Top Secret level at the time

 

[fholbert]

Wrong, the original 3350s fitted to the B-29 were turbocharged.

That may explain what many said when the Connie departed. The Connie and the B-29 sound nothing alike.

 

[Richman]

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iijs0iS3_ZM&pp=ygUzd2hlbiB5b3UncmUgZ29vZCBhdCBzb21ldGhpbmcgbmV2ZXIgZG8gaXQgZm9yIGZyZWUg

While the Noland films were enjoyable, I actually thought Batfleck was a better representation of the duality of Bruce Wayne/Batman. It's a darn tight race between Jeremy Irons vs Michael Caine as Alfred.

That said, Ledger's portrayal of a truly psychopathic, unhinged Joker was amazing. It was seriously WTF.

I wish we'd gotten the chance to see more of the Snyderverse "Knightmare". It had the makings of some seriously good cinema, and I think Jared Leto could have put his own mark on the role.

 

[MikeD]

While the Noland films were enjoyable, I actually thought Batfleck was a better representation of the duality of Bruce Wayne/Batman. It's a darn tight race between Jeremy Irons vs Michael Caine as Alfred.

That said, Ledger's portrayal of a truly psychopathic, unhinged Joker was amazing. It was seriously WTF.

I wish we'd gotten the chance to see more of the Snyderverse "Knightmare". It had the makings of some seriously good cinema, and I think Jared Leto could have put his own mark on the role.

I’d always thought Keaton played the best Batman, while Clooney played the best Wayne. In terms of dividing them into separate roles.

 

[Hacker15e]

I think Bataan and Doc are both using clones of the engines on FIFI.

Doc is using the same engines as Fifi (Anderson Airmotive R3350-B29), but Bataan is using Mike Nixon engines. They could be clones of Ray Anderson's recipe, not sure.

 

[knot4u]

Doc is using the same engines as Fifi (Anderson Airmotive R3350-B29), but Bataan is using Mike Nixon engines. They could be clones of Ray Anderson's recipe, not sure.

I’d heard they were using the same recipe, I’m not sure if that’s true, but it would make sense.