Warbird Information Exchange

Upon further examination....
That's a Hamilton Standard prop hub & those are P&W valve covers....

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I have looked at the photo and various photos of common American radial engines. I can't see any evidence of a second row of cylinders though the photo is at a bad angle to be certain. It looks to me that the two push rods per cylinder are farther apart from each other than they are from their nearest neighbor from the next cylinder. That seems to indicate that it is a Wright engine specifically an R-1820. On the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 the bases of the push rods seem to more evenly spaced one to another per cylinder and per their next neighbor.

So it cannot be from a B-24 or C-47 though it could be from another version of the DC-3 including some versions of the Navy R4D. It could also be from a B-17, or Lockheed Hudson which both used the Wright engine with the Hamilton Standard propeller. I don't think it is from the FM-2 Wildcat as I think they used Curtiss-Wright propellers.

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But what about the valve covers?

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I just can't make out any detail on the valve covers.

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Kochi is the area where the RN FAA Dumped several airframes due to the lend lease act. these include Corsairs, Hellcats and probably Avengers.

Some years ago a Corsair was fished out in the same area. now this.

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as an avid fisherman what lure do you suggest i use????

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Looks like an R-2800 to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_R-2800

They had found a Corsair off the coast of India about 5 years ago. Probably one the Royal Navy dumped after the war.

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I think it kinda resembles an R-2800 and early Corsairs had a 2800 mated to a three blade prop.

And 'Clive' definitely doesn't speak redneck.

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Maybe it's a Japanese engine?

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good one..

I guess a fishing trawler is a good starting point

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Try a C-Lunker Jig in deep, freshwater lakes, that way when you do catch one it will be in better shape!

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i'm baiting up now!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!