Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So it's a system to control engine temperature? It sure is a beautiful bird. Thanks foor showing, Philippe Op 1-apr-07, om 09:56 heeft ISILVERMN@aol.com het volgende geschreven: > On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:49:33 -0500, "Jim Nichols" > _jhnichols@bellsouth.net_ > (mailto:jhnichols@bellsouth.net) wrote > > "Sonny, I think it is the same cowl and vanes, but you caught the > vanes wide > open, while I caught them completely closed." > > Jim, Sonny, > > I caught this Nanchang at Flabob Airport in Riverside, CA in 2000. > Huge > spinner on it, much like the Russian Lavochkin fighters of WW2. > The LaGG 5 and 7 > had the same baffle arrangement as shown in your pictures, but > with large > spinners such as this one. It probably worked quite well in north > Russia, but > I wonder about overheating here in Southern California. > > _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Nanchang > +with+spinner > .jpg.html_ > (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Nanchang > +with+spinner.jpg.html) > > Best Regards, > > Ira Silverman > Irvine, CA > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >