Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:48 pm
Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:27 pm
Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:59 pm
shrike wrote:The older date is when the pattern was made, the newer date is the casting date. Even Continental found this confusing, and discontinued the practice.
TCM no longer supports the A-series engine, and keeps no data therefor. They have done this with a number of newer engine series as well, which can make dealing with them even more frustrating that usual.
The data plate would have been their regular commercial plate, which has a slot for customer serial number, in this case USAAF.They don't survive stripping, so lots of them are just blank pieces of metal with a serial number stamped in the corner. It wasn't until the 60's that TCM consistently used a plate with all of the information stamped or engraved.
Blank plates are still available NOS - pm me.
Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:49 am
Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:03 am
The Inspector wrote:Try AEHS @ http://www.enginehistory.org.
Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:16 am
L-4Pilot wrote:The Inspector wrote:Try AEHS @ http://www.enginehistory.org.
Wow what a great site, nothing on the Continental O-170 but I sure enjoyed looking over the web page, thanks for sharing.