Warbird Information Exchange

I am thrilled to hear that the Moses lake B-23 will be airworthy. I had no idea it even existed until this thread. I had pretty much given up hope of ever seeing a B-23 in the air.

Larry, do you know what the plans are for the Moses lake bird? Will it be staying in its current configuration or be restored to a military look? Either way I am glad to hear it will fly.

I love the paintscheme on that Pima bird. Very sharp.

[quote="TAdan"]I am thrilled to hear that the Moses lake B-23 will be airworthy. I had no idea it even existed until this thread. I had pretty much given up hope of ever seeing a B-23 in the air.

They need to check the lower nacelle longerons for corrosion. There is some aluminum to stainless steel construction that very prone for corrosion.

Umm... Larry's post already said that they've checked and found no corrosion in the plane -

I read that, but from my experience as a crew chief on B-23 N747M, you need to check the nacelle longerons. It's not easy to see. In my experiece, if they didn't find any corrosion, they haven't looked close enough. If it is indeed "0" corrosion, I will be very surprised. I wish them well. It's a neat plane to work on and fly.

Amen to that. Better look real close at the spar carry-thru's up in the wheel wells.
Robbie

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Question for you former B-23 crew chief types or anyone familiar:

How similar is the B-23 wing to the DC-2 wing? What are the major differences? How hard would it be to interchange the two?

Thanks.

The wings are different. They are beefed up to handle the extra power. As I remember, the span is a little longer and the ailerons are a little different also. I don't think you could interchange the wings without a lot of work. We stopped flying B-23 N747M in 1994 and we last ran the engines in 2002. It was a fun airshow aircraft.