http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj4WcSv3MrM
Kinda looks like a Liberator, doesn't it? That middle one just doesn't want to start..
Iskandar
Kinda looks like a Liberator, doesn't it? That middle one just doesn't want to start..
Iskandar
One more than Paul Walker's B-17..
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Anachronis · Aug 09, 2011 06:22 AM
#1 sourceAbout time someone built a sensible aeroplane 
ANACHRONOUS
Hi Isky
At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there are several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined B-17!
The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial mounted in the nose!
One of these incredible powerplants is on display as well....
See Ya
Peabody
www.gscb.us / www.richpeabody.com
At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there are several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined B-17!
The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial mounted in the nose!
One of these incredible powerplants is on display as well....
See Ya
Peabody
www.gscb.us / www.richpeabody.com
Iskandar Taib · Aug 09, 2011 11:59 AM
#5 source>Hi Isky
>
>At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there are
>several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined
>B-17!
>The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial
>mounted in the nose!
>One of these incredible powerplants is on display as well....
>
It wasn't one of these, was it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
(My jaw just dropped when I saw that photo the first time..)
Iskandar
>
>At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there are
>several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined
>B-17!
>The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial
>mounted in the nose!
>One of these incredible powerplants is on display as well....
>
It wasn't one of these, was it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
(My jaw just dropped when I saw that photo the first time..)
Iskandar
>>Hi Isky
>>
>>At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there
>are
>>several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined
>>B-17!
>>The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial
>>mounted in the nose!
>>One of these incredible powerplants is on display as
>well....
>>
>
>It wasn't one of these, was it?
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
>
>
>
>(My jaw just dropped when I saw that photo the first time..)
>
>Iskandar
Hate to have to change those spark plugs!
>>
>>At the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum there
>are
>>several pictures and some documentation of a FIVE engined
>>B-17!
>>The plane was a test mule that had a 42 cylinder radial
>>mounted in the nose!
>>One of these incredible powerplants is on display as
>well....
>>
>
>It wasn't one of these, was it?
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
>
>
>
>(My jaw just dropped when I saw that photo the first time..)
>
>Iskandar
Hate to have to change those spark plugs! Peekaboo
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj4WcSv3MrM
>
>Kinda looks like a Liberator, doesn't it? That middle one just
>doesn't want to start..
>
>Iskandar
Yes, and a power on landing. But how do you score it? You are supposed to get one lap of even descent from the point where the engine quits to the point of landing. Which engine? All of them?
I think this is another good demonstration of the value of going electric.
Flip the switch. Take off. And they all quit at once.
>
>Kinda looks like a Liberator, doesn't it? That middle one just
>doesn't want to start..
>
>Iskandar
Yes, and a power on landing. But how do you score it? You are supposed to get one lap of even descent from the point where the engine quits to the point of landing. Which engine? All of them?
I think this is another good demonstration of the value of going electric.
Flip the switch. Take off. And they all quit at once.
Leonard Neumann
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
>I think this is another good demonstration of the value of going
>electric.
>Flip the switch. Take off. And they all quit at once.
Yeah, if you wanted a sensible airplane. I don't think that was the point of this, though, quite the opposite.
I was JUST waiting for him to pull up into a wingover. Ah well..
Iskandar
>electric.
>Flip the switch. Take off. And they all quit at once.
Yeah, if you wanted a sensible airplane. I don't think that was the point of this, though, quite the opposite.
I was JUST waiting for him to pull up into a wingover. Ah well..
Iskandar
That starting proceedure looks like a perfect example of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result!
I'm betting that less than four of those engines were running after one lap.
Randy Cuberly
I'm betting that less than four of those engines were running after one lap.
Randy Cuberly
LEFTWING102000 · Aug 09, 2011 03:27 PM
#8 sourceNow I know why I stick with singles. That 5 engine job is just self inflicted torture. Sure was entertaining though. I'm still laughing....
DAVE
DAVE
The 1/2A Multi-Engine Profile Scale event held here in Tucson each year and started by none other than Mike Keville (yeah that guy again) has become very popular and always chisels in stone how hard it is to keep more than one of these things running at a time, not to mention getting them started.
I've seen some very experienced modelers repeatedly fail at do so!
Physical torture in it's purest form.
Sure is fun to watch though.
Always some really nice airplanes.
Randy Cuberly
I've seen some very experienced modelers repeatedly fail at do so!
Physical torture in it's purest form.
Sure is fun to watch though.
Always some really nice airplanes.
Randy Cuberly
Anyone try a Dornier Do-X yet?
Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4 bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
Iskandar
Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4 bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
Iskandar
>Anyone try a Dornier Do-X yet?
>
>
>
>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>
>Iskandar
Hate to have to change those spark plugs!
>
>
>
>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>
>Iskandar
Hate to have to change those spark plugs! Peekaboo
>>Anyone try a Dornier Do-X yet?
>>
>>
>>
>>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>>
>>Iskandar
>
> Buy the looks of things, he couldn't get all his engines to run either!!
Hey Rich! Are you sure there wasn't a turboprop motor also in the nose of that B-17??? There are pics of BOTH versions.
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12/22/2006. Remarks by Gary Hebbard: "This aircraft carries the USAAF s/n 42-97849, the code DI-O, the name "Liberty Belle" and the nose art of the original aircraft of the 390th Bomb Squadron (Eighth Air Force) in WW II. The father of Elton D. "Don" Brooks, Jr., of Douglas, Georgia, USA, (founder and President of the Liberty Foundation) was a tail gunner on 30 missions in the original "Liberty Belle", while based at Framlingham, England in WW II.
It is pictured while on a tour of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) that was a major staging base for Europe-bound aircraft during the war years.
N390TH was built by Vega as Model 17 B-17G-105-VE and was delivered to the USAAF, s/n 44-85734, in 1944. On June 25, 1947 it was sold for scrap to Esperado Mining Co., Altus, Oklahoma, USA. Pratt & Whitney Engines of Hartford, Connecticut, USA bought the aircraft on November 19, 1947, registered as NX5111N (later N5111N), and in 1948 Boeing converted it to an engine test bed
The cockpit was moved aft several feet and the nose construction was strengthened to carry large radial AND turboprop (T34 & T64) engines. Fitted with a dummy nose the aircraft was transferred to Pratt & Whitney at Hartford, Connecticut, where the XT-34 turboprop engine was the first to be installed. The aircraft flew often on the tested engines only.
On June 16, 1967 it was sold to Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, but was badly damaged by a tornado on March 10, 1979. Still damaged it was stored at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport between 1981 and 1992. Tom Reilly of Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee, Florida, USA, who became owner of the aircraft in 1987, started to rebuild it into a B-17G in 1992, using some parts of other B-17’s, including B-17G-105-VE, USAAF s/n 44-85813, which is now under restoration to flying condition also.
While under restoration ownership of the aircraft passed to Randsburg Corp, Portland, Oregon on July 13, 1999 and the aircraft was registered as N817BR. On September 10, 2003, the Liberty Foundation Inc. of Kissimmee reserved the registration N390TH. After a 12-year restoration, N390TH flew again on December 8, 2004."
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"Tight Lines!
Wes
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>>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>>
>>Iskandar
>
>
Buy the looks of things, he couldn't get all his engines to run either!! Hey Rich! Are you sure there wasn't a turboprop motor also in the nose of that B-17??? There are pics of BOTH versions.
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12/22/2006. Remarks by Gary Hebbard: "This aircraft carries the USAAF s/n 42-97849, the code DI-O, the name "Liberty Belle" and the nose art of the original aircraft of the 390th Bomb Squadron (Eighth Air Force) in WW II. The father of Elton D. "Don" Brooks, Jr., of Douglas, Georgia, USA, (founder and President of the Liberty Foundation) was a tail gunner on 30 missions in the original "Liberty Belle", while based at Framlingham, England in WW II.
It is pictured while on a tour of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) that was a major staging base for Europe-bound aircraft during the war years.
N390TH was built by Vega as Model 17 B-17G-105-VE and was delivered to the USAAF, s/n 44-85734, in 1944. On June 25, 1947 it was sold for scrap to Esperado Mining Co., Altus, Oklahoma, USA. Pratt & Whitney Engines of Hartford, Connecticut, USA bought the aircraft on November 19, 1947, registered as NX5111N (later N5111N), and in 1948 Boeing converted it to an engine test bed
The cockpit was moved aft several feet and the nose construction was strengthened to carry large radial AND turboprop (T34 & T64) engines. Fitted with a dummy nose the aircraft was transferred to Pratt & Whitney at Hartford, Connecticut, where the XT-34 turboprop engine was the first to be installed. The aircraft flew often on the tested engines only.
On June 16, 1967 it was sold to Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, but was badly damaged by a tornado on March 10, 1979. Still damaged it was stored at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport between 1981 and 1992. Tom Reilly of Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee, Florida, USA, who became owner of the aircraft in 1987, started to rebuild it into a B-17G in 1992, using some parts of other B-17’s, including B-17G-105-VE, USAAF s/n 44-85813, which is now under restoration to flying condition also.
While under restoration ownership of the aircraft passed to Randsburg Corp, Portland, Oregon on July 13, 1999 and the aircraft was registered as N817BR. On September 10, 2003, the Liberty Foundation Inc. of Kissimmee reserved the registration N390TH. After a 12-year restoration, N390TH flew again on December 8, 2004."
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"Tight Lines!
Wes
>Anyone try a Dornier Do-X yet?
>
>
>
>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>
>Iskandar
UUhhhhhh, well...I doubt you could talk the Cholla Choppers and the parks dept into flooding the circle for one of those!
Maybe it could be flown from a boat on the model boat lake.
Randy Cuberly
PS: What's the drill for startin 12 Babe Bee's?
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>Huh.. I never noticed before - the tractor engines have 4
>bladed props, the pushers two bladed.
>
>Iskandar
UUhhhhhh, well...I doubt you could talk the Cholla Choppers and the parks dept into flooding the circle for one of those!
Maybe it could be flown from a boat on the model boat lake.
Randy Cuberly
PS: What's the drill for startin 12 Babe Bee's?
This would be a big project even as an electric.
SAVE ALL THE PIECES-Phil Brown
http://hangarflying.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=wire
http://hangarflying.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=wire
Iskandar Taib · Aug 11, 2011 03:19 AM
#16 source>UUhhhhhh, well...I doubt you could talk the Cholla Choppers
>and the parks dept into flooding the circle for one of those!
>
>Maybe it could be flown from a boat on the model boat lake.
I've seen flying boats at RC Scale at the Nats. They use transparent plexiglass wheels.
I wonder if there's a scale subject with a greater number of engines. Even the B-36D only had ten..
Here's where they controlled the throttles for the 12 engines:
Iskandar
>and the parks dept into flooding the circle for one of those!
>
>Maybe it could be flown from a boat on the model boat lake.
I've seen flying boats at RC Scale at the Nats. They use transparent plexiglass wheels.
I wonder if there's a scale subject with a greater number of engines. Even the B-36D only had ten..
Here's where they controlled the throttles for the 12 engines:
Iskandar
Interesting video.
Id like to see someone else just equal what Paul did. Actually fly a competitive pattern with a 4 ( or more if you wish ) multi engine bomber.
Id like to see someone else just equal what Paul did. Actually fly a competitive pattern with a 4 ( or more if you wish ) multi engine bomber.
Where's the KA-BOOM? There was supposed to be an earth shattering KA-BOOM!
phantomflier · Aug 13, 2011 12:29 AM
#18 source>Anyone try a Dornier Do-X yet?
>
Been done as a rubber powered freeflight.
Back in the 1960's one of the Adamissons built a plane with 9 Cox .049 engines. All hand started. Now THAT had to be an experience.
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Been done as a rubber powered freeflight.
Back in the 1960's one of the Adamissons built a plane with 9 Cox .049 engines. All hand started. Now THAT had to be an experience.
Gee.. check this out. EIGHT engines. No electric starters, even. Note the Coke bottles.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbSnonCVUy0
Iskandar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbSnonCVUy0
Iskandar