What a great weekend in Reno at the races!

I really enjoyed watching Voodoo smoke Strega! These are a few of my favorites.

NVFlyer and Elizabeth making margs


Team Voodo...the new fastest Mustang in Reno



Precious Metal and its counter rotating props


September Fury and its blown engine. Looking at the top of the cowling


A Bear chasing a Tiger


Lockheed Electra


Duck Walk


Here are the rest of some 200 plus photos from the weekend. Enjoy

https://picasaweb.google.com/115528061092467996033/RENOAIRRACES2013

AKT

Ok, I realize this is an engine, but HOLY SHIT! What the heck is that for? It's a monster! Is this thing for real?

Its a 4360 I believe??? I think that most of the race Sea Furys, Super Corsairs have them in.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/Furias/Furias.htm

AKT

This answered my next question,

Furias is not an airplane that is easy on the gas credit card, either. If race gas costs $10 per gallon, and she burns 400 gallons per hour, well... You do the math. "It needs to be on the ground within ten minutes from the end of the race," Vance says.



Furias' main tank, located between the cockpit and the engine, holds only 200 gallons of fuel. Another 33 gallons are carried in the right wing. Spraybar water is carried in the 33 gallon tank in the left wing, while ADI and oil cooler water is carried in the wing's wetted area outside of the 33 gal. tanks. All fluids are carried inboard of the wing fold.



Vance uses 30" and 2,000 rpm for cruise, which gives about 130 gph. Internally, Furias carries a 36 gallon oil tank in the fuselage behind the cockpit, and the systems have been modified to accommodate the 4360.

That's not a "real" R-4360. it's a mockup with an extra row of cylinders.

that is NOT a 4360.

That beast has 56 cylinders, not a measly 28 like a 4360.

I didnt see the displacement anywhere on the display but thought it was a double 4360.
(8720)

To clear things up on who runs what

Dreadnaught and Furias are Sea Furys refitted with P&W 4360s. There have been a couple Super Corsairs at Reno that were originally equipped with the 4360 as Super Corsairs, and a Chino built bastard clipped wing corsair/4360 that caught fire in a race in Phoenix. (dramatic bailout video and detailed account by the pilot are on the web somewhere)

Most of the other Furys including 232, Sawbones, Spirit of Texas, Critical Mass, September Pops, Miss Merced, etc. run the slightly more petite Wright 3350s with ONLY 18 cyls. (Rare Bear also has a 3350)
Argonaut has a P&W 2800 - same as a stock Corsair, bearcat, tigercat (x2),
There was another Fury at reno this year with a stock Bristol Centaurus engine.

A few of my Reno shots..

Strega early morning dawn patrol.


Voodoo back in from dawn patrol.


Precious Metal.


Argonaut.


Voodoo on the way to victory!


Rare Bear


Strega chasing down Rare Bear.

aktahoe1 wrote:Its a 4360 I believe??? I think that most of the race Sea Furys, Super Corsairs have them in.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/Furias/Furias.htm

AKT

It's a 5600. 57 cylinders.

aktahoe1 wrote:Its a 4360 I believe??? I think that most of the race Sea Furys, Super Corsairs have them in.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/Furias/Furias.htm

AKT

I think this one is bigger and was used in big planes like the Spruce Goose and Convair B36 ?????

Stunning photos of some incredible planes.

Crzyivan13 wrote:Ok, I realize this is an engine, but HOLY SHIT! What the heck is that for? It's a monster! Is this thing for real?

Pilot: "Left mag is running a little rough, better check the plugs"
Mechanic:

OregonMaule wrote:

aktahoe1 wrote:Its a 4360 I believe??? I think that most of the race Sea Furys, Super Corsairs have them in.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/Furias/Furias.htm

AKT

I think this one is bigger and was used in big planes like the Spruce Goose and Convair B36 ?????

The Hughes Hercules H4 and the Convair B36 both used the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Majors (4 rows of 7 cylinders)...

aktahoe1 wrote:Its a 4360 I believe??? I think that most of the race Sea Furys, Super Corsairs have them in.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/Furias/Furias.htm

AKT

Somebody has too much time on their hands. This is obviously 2 different 4360 bolted together in the name of a little fun. Just leave the nose case off one and the accessory on the other and voila!

Can you imagine the crankshaft you'd need to run this thing? Not to mention the strain on all those intake pipes.

According to the Internet the largest recip aircraft engine to actually run was a Lycoming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755

I should post a pic of my Lycoming O-360, right?

Cary

Rare Bear's new paint job is... ugh. I liked the old white/bronze stripe. Either way, these are all badass.

Silly question: someone mentioned a bailout. Do the air racers have an assisted bailout/integrated seat chute? Or is it a pop the canopy and undo your harness and jump like you're trying to dunk a basketball kind of maneuver?

Enough said



AKT

Zzz wrote:Rare Bear's new paint job is... ugh. I liked the old white/bronze stripe. Either way, these are all badass.

Silly question: someone mentioned a bailout. Do the air racers have an assisted bailout/integrated seat chute? Or is it a pop the canopy and undo your harness and jump like you're trying to dunk a basketball kind of maneuver?

It's the rule of three asses for bailing out. Plexiglass. Harness. Your ass.

there's a video on youtube of Kevin Eldrige bailing out of a burning super corsair in a race in Phoenix in the early 90s.

check it out.

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/articles/bail_out.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqPPCCKAFp8

here's another way too exciting low altitude bailout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xctYWSuwoYA

Skyraider landed fine missing the outer wing panel. Mustang pilot reported no elevator control after the collision.