FIFI
Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:52 pm
Most beautiful......... Great work Dave! Glad to see "Chief" on duty as well as Rick and your volunteers....... can't wait to see her turning that new engine! Great job..... that chromed hub sparkles like a just polished diamond! Alan
Re: FIFI
Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:23 pm
Alan Brooks wrote:Most beautiful......... Great work Dave! Glad to see "Chief" on duty as well as Rick and your volunteers....... can't wait to see her turning that new engine! Great job..... that chromed hub sparkles like a just polished diamond! Alan
The amazing thing about the prop dome is it's polished, not chrome! Gonna need some volunteers to keepum looking that way!
Dave
FIFI
Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:17 pm
Polishing..... I think I can qualify for that job! Alan
Re: FIFI
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:48 pm
Alan Brooks wrote:Polishing..... I think I can qualify for that job! Alan
Yeah when I commented that there might be oil thrown around Dave's response was "VOLUNTEERS"
Alan if you don't watch it Dave might find something even grimer for you to do!
The pictures don't do the props and domes justice either!
Chris
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:50 pm
Wow that looks awsome! How long before the prop spins?
Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:04 pm
peter wrote:Wow that looks awsome! How long before the prop spins?
SOON!!
Exhaust and props
Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:50 pm
Mark and Dave work together to get the stubborn exhaust on to the engine. Notice how the exhaust is all aft now. That makes all the cylinders tie into one ring. Woo what a job!
Here Mark gives a little persuasion with a plastic mallet. Careful now! We will have no dents in the new manifold!
Many thanks to our cadet, Hope, who took the above two photos.
Ok Dave, time to check the prop feather pump and the new prop. Ready? Start the feather pump. Rick will be watching to make sure nothing overheats or goes wrong.
Woo hoo! The prop is feathered! Great job! Unfortunately following this test, the feather pump gave out and it had to be replaced. Two steps forward and one step back. Ah, such is the life in the squadron. But now it is replaced and works wonderfully again, thanks to many loving hours of labor from our wonderful volunteers.
Here Mark gives a little persuasion with a plastic mallet. Careful now! We will have no dents in the new manifold!
Many thanks to our cadet, Hope, who took the above two photos.
Ok Dave, time to check the prop feather pump and the new prop. Ready? Start the feather pump. Rick will be watching to make sure nothing overheats or goes wrong.
Woo hoo! The prop is feathered! Great job! Unfortunately following this test, the feather pump gave out and it had to be replaced. Two steps forward and one step back. Ah, such is the life in the squadron. But now it is replaced and works wonderfully again, thanks to many loving hours of labor from our wonderful volunteers.
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:48 pm
Good pics Mark! See ya Sunday/Monday
PM or drop me an email if you don't mind.
Chris
PM or drop me an email if you don't mind.
Chris
Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:55 pm
The new engine on FIFI was run on the aircraft today with the big prop. Dave got to do the first start and he smiled a lot. B29 engineer did the following runs. Yours truly guarded the brakes and shouted orders. Nelson Ezell observed in the cockpit and provided expert advise. Some minor prop adjustments were required and then the engine put out the torque, RPM and h.p. numbers we were looking for. I'm sure Dave will post some pix and give his report later.
One down and three to go!!
One down and three to go!!
Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:58 pm
Yoohoo 
Congrats to all the peoples involved in this program !!!
Congrats to all the peoples involved in this program !!!
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:42 pm
b29driver wrote:The new engine on FIFI was run on the aircraft today with the big prop. Dave got to do the first start and he smiled a lot. B29 engineer did the following runs. Yours truly guarded the brakes and shouted orders. Nelson Ezell observed in the cockpit and provided expert advise. Some minor prop adjustments were required and then the engine put out the torque, RPM and h.p. numbers we were looking for. I'm sure Dave will post some pix and give his report later.
One down and three to go!!
Thanks for the update Charlie!
Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:01 pm
Pictures and video will be coming after the press release. We had a very good day today. My thanks to everyone who was here to help and everyone who has been involved in the project thusfar. One down, 3 to go!
Dave
Dave
Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:53 pm
Great Great News!
Congratulations to ALL involved in this project!
I know there is a lot more work to be done but this shines light out of the tunnel.
Congratulations to ALL involved in this project!
I know there is a lot more work to be done but this shines light out of the tunnel.
Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:40 pm
This is by far the biggest milestone we have met and with flying colors. The numbers that Charlie spoke of are dead on what he and Nelson and Gary had worked on and worked out from the beginning. I am so happy that they were here to see it come to life and see what they had envisioned, work out the way it did!!!
Thanks for all your great ideas and helping to make this happen.
Dave
Thanks for all your great ideas and helping to make this happen.
Dave
Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:25 pm
