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Subject: [Leica] IMG, Another Airplane Photo
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat Mar 31 17:54:23 2007
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Sonny, I think it is the same cowl and vanes, but you caught the vanes wide 
open, while I caught them completely closed.  I will try to get some more 
info when I can find the local owner.  I could not reach him today.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG, Another Airplane Photo


>I found this shot that jibes with your thinking.
>
> http://www.nanchang.co.nz/images/Ardmore%20mid%2090's-1%20(Medium).jpg
>
> The CJ6 I shot here a few years back didn't have the cowling.  I think the
> guy was from Mississippi.
>
> http://www.sonc.com/cj6/
>
>
> On 3/31/07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> Adam,
>>
>> The day I took the picture, with Leica IIIf RD and Jupiter 12, the owner
>> was
>> busy getting ready to depart in another airplane, so I did not get a
>> chance
>> to ask a lot of questions.  I suspect that the vanes can be adjusted to
>> regulate cylinder head temperature.  I can see the advantage of such a
>> system for use in the extreme cold that the Soviets face in Winter.  When
>> I
>> get a chance, I will ask for more information.  I have seen this
>> configuration on a few other types of aircraft from that part of the
>> world.
>>
>> Thanks for looking.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 2:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG, Another Airplane Photo
>>
>>
>> > I've certainly never seen that configuration before. What purpose do
>> > the vanes serve? Are they variable? I'd think they would have to be
>> > but I couldn't tell for sure when I looked at the image. Pretty
>> > spiffy! Thanks for sharing!
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>> > On 3/31/07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> >> Philippe,
>> >>
>> >> I agree that Ira's Mustang prop image is a great shot.  The former 
>> >> Iron
>> >> Curtain countries and their friends, the Chinese, have used a cowl and
>> >> cooling baffle arrangement that is not often seen in the US.  Here is
>> the
>> >> cowl and prop view of the Chinese Nanchang trainer.
>> >>
>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Nanchang+015.jpg.html
>> >>
>> >> Jim Nichols
>> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> >>
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>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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