Tiger moth wrote:
Beautiful job,any pix of what the project looked like thru its restoration?
I thought the Allison engines used in the P-40 had the long nose case,Looking at Mr.Weeks collection,I could see direct drive off the crank with no nose case,P-39. P-38 short nose case and without looking at the data plate,no way to tell Lt or Rt engine.This P-40 has what I convinced myself was a short nose case engine.
Ok experts,take me to school.
Tiger moth
Every time I post I get a black dot on the post intro.HQ has no reason why.....
Hey Tiger. Greetings from a fellow (Canadian with an English) Tiger. (DH82EH)
Long and short nose cases are, as you implied, for different machines. Have a look at the really early P-40's. They use the, AFAIK rare, long nose case. As far as left and right hand turners for the P-38, it's apparently not a big deal. You can make an Allison turn in either direction with some minor mods to how the gears are set up in the nose case. Not so for the Merlin. The XP-82 project required an ultra rare L/H Merlin that was found in Mexico (go figure). I have no clue what they would have done for that project without this amazing find.
Oh, BTW. The black dot means that you have posted in the related thread. Hope that helps
Andy Scott