Reno!!

C170BDan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 pm

Countdown continues! I see there are new pictures of September Pops up on Warbird Aeropress.... and sounds like Rare Bear is in flight test after the wing mod... Howard's Fury has a newly installed 3350...

One thing I noticed is how different the spinner size is on the different Fury's. Below are links to pics.

Howard's

http://www.ezellaviation.com/Photos/fur ... 66_jpg.htm

Steve's

http://www.southerncrossairracing.com./photos.php

Details, details... will be fun to see the differences in the Mustangs and Fury's in attendance.

16 days until Reno!

srpatterson · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:44 pm

Howard and many of the other guys have these new larger spinners. They made of carbon fiber, and they also set you back about $15K. Think I'll wait and see how this air racing thing goes before I drop that much money in a spinner that makes you go 5 MPH faster.

The R-3350 runs very cool cylinder head temps, so having less air intake is not really a bad thing at all. However, the increased velocity of the air through the smaller opening (remember that Bernoulli fellow) does wreck havoc with the cylinder baffles. Ashley and I were on a quest last year to repair/replace some on Howard's airplane.

C170BDan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:53 am

Wow... $15K for a spinner... and 5 mph more...

What price is speed?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:28 am

Steve,
Just remember, no chopping tails off of YAK-11s!

Mike · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 8:54 am **Posts:** 3331

Jack Cook wrote:

Steve,
Just remember, no chopping tails off of YAK-11s!

Nah, not possible.

To chop the tail off, you've gotta be BEHIND them!!! :lol:

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:37 pm

I'll never forget the look on Sam Richardson's face when he saw what Howard Pardue did to the tail of "Czech Ride"!!

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:59 pm

Anybody going to be around on Friday (16th) for the day? We are going to be on the West Coast then and I was thinking about coming over for the day if our plans don't change.

See ya,

Lynn

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:01 pm

Guess I can get a good seat with a view in the loss and found.....

See Ya

Brad · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:30 pm **Posts:** 1131

All my junk is packed, leave papers and plane tickets are in hand. Heading to the airport in a few hours!

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:44 pm

Our T-6G #44 has already had a incidence.
Monday Wayne was on the course when a cowling latch failed allowing the cowl to shake (shake being a very relative term!!) hitting the prop and trashing it. He's flying again with a new prop and a cowl borrowed from Warlock.
Ok-so there's another difference between T-6s and Harvardsie the cowling!

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