goes2fast Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I give up, what is it? Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 The Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly was an American ground attack aircraft, fitted with a forward-firing 75 mm cannon to attack heavily armored targets. Top speed: 376 mph Wingspan: 67′ 0″ Length: 52′ First flight: May 7, 1944 Manufacturer: Beechcraft And.... In 1957, Curtiss Wright purchased five engine test bed B-17G 44-85813 from the USAF (earlier modified by moving the cockpit aft and used to test the Wright XT-35 turboprop) and modified it further by "installing a TC18DA1 Constellation Model 1049 nacelle" that was used as the mount for the test engine, a version of the Wright Aeronautical Division Turbo Compound 18 Cyclone engine...a civil development of the R-3350. Specifically, tests were being conducted by Wright toward Power Recovery Turbine development. The tests were conducted from 1957 until 1965 or so. The B-17 had recorded 579 hours of flight time when Wright began operating the aircraft, and it ended the program with over 1581 hours logged...so over 1,000 hours of test use was made of the B-17 through that test program on the engine. 5 Quote Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Taking a Falcon 50 to the barn. 6 Quote Link to comment
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