Constant speed prop question

John Smith wrote in
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Thomas Borchert wrote:

originated out of military teachings that applied to very different
pilots doing very different things while flying very different
aircraft.

Actually, it couldn't have been all of the military. Many major
cities in my home country of Germany would contain many more historic
buildings today, if those B-17s hadn't run oversquare and lean of
peak. The B-17s would never have reached them.

We can all say thank you Charles Lindberg for teaching us this
technique.


Well, the 38 pilots in the pacific could, but leaning techniques as well as
a lot of other things about how engines work, were well known to both
manufactuers and pilots in the 30s. Some, strangely, have been lost in the
mists of time only to be "rediscovered" when things go wrong. Remember the
Lycoming crank problem? Moisture in the hollow portion of the shaft just
behind the prop?
i have several manuals, one form the 1920's , that address this problem and
guess what? The same cure recommended in the SB for the lycomings was in
those manuals.


Bertie

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Actually, it couldn't have been all of the military. Many major cities in my
home country of Germany would contain many more historic buildings today, if
those B-17s hadn't run oversquare and lean of peak. The B-17s would never
have reached them.


It's been my experience that historic buildings are vastly overrated. They
never have enough bathrooms, the stairs are too steep and electrical service is
inadequate.

Now you have nice new buildings, with the compliments of the Eighth Air Force.
Quit yer bitching.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote

Now you have nice new buildings, with the compliments of the Eighth Air
Force. Quit yer bitching.

Actually, for once (this time) I didn't take Thomas's remarks it as
bitching.

He was observing that the Eighth Air Force did indeed have a good grip on
running over square.

Read it again, and agree, or not.
--
Jim in NC

Thomas Borchert wrote in
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Mike,

originated
out of military teachings that applied to very different pilots doing
very different things while flying very different aircraft.


Actually, it couldn't have been all of the military. Many major cities
in my home country of Germany would contain many more historic
buildings today, if those B-17s hadn't run oversquare and lean of
peak. The B-17s would never have reached them.


Irrelevant. They didn't run "oversquare" They ran where they were suposed
to. And they didn't run lean of peak, that engine had autolean and that
setting ran well rich of peak.





Bertie

Those cities would also have contained many more historic buildings if your
elected leaders hadn't invaded Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, and a few
other minor countries.

Jim

--
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it."
--Aristotle


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Many major cities in my
home country of Germany would contain many more historic buildings today,
if
those B-17s hadn't run oversquare and lean of peak.

RST,

Those cities would also have contained many more historic buildings if your
elected leaders hadn't invaded Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, and a few
other minor countries.


No doubt about it.

It seems your wink-o-meter might need adjustment.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert writes:

It seems your wink-o-meter might need adjustment.

The wink-o-meter tends to cloud up when it winks at 100 million dead.

RST Engineering schrieb:
Those cities would also have contained many more historic buildings if your
elected leaders hadn't invaded Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, and a few
other minor countries.

yes, true. no discussion about that.

but it is also true that "you" bombed (with "fire bombs" [wording?])
areas within cities (mostly old parts of town with no industry but with
worth to conserve buildings) that "you" found out to be endangered due
to fire on purpose, too. So you burned down many parts of many cities on
purpose.

you knew that, too?

#m

Martin Hotze wrote in
:

RST Engineering schrieb:
Those cities would also have contained many more historic buildings
if your elected leaders hadn't invaded Poland, France,
Czechoslovakia, and a few other minor countries.

yes, true. no discussion about that.

but it is also true that "you" bombed (with "fire bombs" [wording?])
areas within cities (mostly old parts of town with no industry but
with worth to conserve buildings) that "you" found out to be
endangered due to fire on purpose, too. So you burned down many parts
of many cities on purpose.

you knew that, too?

#m


He's Bomber Harris? I thougth he was dead.


Bertie

Martin Hotze wrote:
RST Engineering schrieb:
Those cities would also have contained many more historic buildings if your
elected leaders hadn't invaded Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, and a few
other minor countries.

yes, true. no discussion about that.

but it is also true that "you" bombed (with "fire bombs" [wording?])
areas within cities (mostly old parts of town with no industry but with
worth to conserve buildings) that "you" found out to be endangered due
to fire on purpose, too. So you burned down many parts of many cities on
purpose.

Start a world war, overrun most of Europe, bomb the **** out of England,
and get bombed in return.

The only thing the Allies have to be sorry for is we didn't get a
working A bomb prior to June, 1944.


--
Jim Pennino

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