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Re: CUTAWAYS!! CUTAWAYS!! & more CUTAWAYS!!! ...

Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:55 pm

The Allison seems to be a very "fresh" cutaway, or recently re-done. Nice!

Re: CUTAWAYS!! CUTAWAYS!! & more CUTAWAYS!!! ...

Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:07 pm

Who cleans all those cut-away displays?

I mean cleaning the exterior of display airplanes in a museum is a regular, never ending job. Think of all those nooks and crannies!

Where do I sign up?

:drink3:

C2j

Re: CUTAWAYS!! CUTAWAYS!! & more CUTAWAYS!!! ...

Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:00 am

JohnTerrell wrote:A cutaway of a 2,000 hp Allison "G6" V-1710-145/147 engine (F-82), with auxiliary supercharger and Bendix "Speed-Density" fuel injection:

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With all the wreaked parts, it seems they missed something. Reduction gear case!

Re: CUTAWAYS!! CUTAWAYS!! & more CUTAWAYS!!! ...

Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:58 am

JohnTerrell wrote:A cutaway of a 2,000 hp Allison "G6" V-1710-145/147 engine (F-82), with auxiliary supercharger and Bendix "Speed-Density" fuel injection:
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Probably a new engine taken right out of the can that the USAF didn't want to fall into the wrong hands.
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