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Offline Angus

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« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2006, 07:01:30 AM »
Would doubt so.
Up to 80% of the thrust can go to keeping the trim.
Many twin engined aircraft don't even fly on one engine.
Much better to have a modest cruise setting.
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« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2006, 10:29:54 AM »
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Originally posted by Angus
Would doubt so.
Up to 80% of the thrust can go to keeping the trim.
Many twin engined aircraft don't even fly on one engine.
Much better to have a modest cruise setting.



dont think so. if you feather the prop, you dont really need to increase the power with the other engine, as the drag is reduced by quite a lot.

i heard lots of p38 pilots cut and feathered an engine over the pacific to save fuel:)
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« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2006, 10:54:36 AM »
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dont think so. if you feather the prop, you dont really need to increase the power with the other engine, as the drag is reduced by quite a lot.

i heard lots of p38 pilots cut and feathered an engine over the pacific to save fuel:)


Common practice with the P38s.

Image of Corky Smith bringing in "CorkyJr" with one engine feathered.  He'd been in a big fight near Rabaul and gotten his 5th kill.  He had to feather an engine to conserve fuel to make it home.
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« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2006, 11:55:44 AM »
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Common practice with the P38s.

Image of Corky Smith bringing in "CorkyJr" with one engine feathered.  He'd been in a big fight near Rabaul and gotten his 5th kill.  He had to feather an engine to conserve fuel to make it home.




thought so. dan, you're amazing lol, you're like a walking talking dictionary, im amazed that you know so much about, well, everything!
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« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2006, 12:01:52 PM »
:aok

would be nice to have a gloster

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« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2006, 08:00:08 PM »
Hi Furball,

>quote is from here http://www.vectorsite.net/avmeteor.html

Great link, thanks! :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2006, 01:36:53 AM »
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Common practice with the P38s.

Image of Corky Smith bringing in "CorkyJr" with one engine feathered.  He'd been in a big fight near Rabaul and gotten his 5th kill.  He had to feather an engine to conserve fuel to make it home.
 


thats quite a surprise.
a lot different a technique than the Lindberg method
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« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2006, 05:46:25 AM »
They must have used quite a lot of gas on low power then.
Well the feathering makes a lot of difference.
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« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2006, 03:52:37 PM »
Hi Dan,

>Image of Corky Smith bringing in "CorkyJr" with one engine feathered.  He'd been in a big fight near Rabaul and gotten his 5th kill.  He had to feather an engine to conserve fuel to make it home.

Hm. Are you sure it isn't battle damage? He has feathered the port engine, which is the one with the generator on most P-38s.

From the P-38 manual:

"CAUTION:

On all airplanes, except F-5B, P-38L, and late P-38J airplanes which have a generator on each engine, shut down the right-hand engine so that the generator which is on the left engine will remain in operation."

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)
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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2007, 03:05:24 PM »
Great idea, lets have the Meteor in AH.
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« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2007, 10:32:37 AM »
I would vote for it.

Teach these silly german jets a thing or two.



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« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2007, 06:02:29 PM »
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Common practice with the P38s.

Image of Corky Smith bringing in "CorkyJr" with one engine feathered.  He'd been in a big fight near Rabaul and gotten his 5th kill.  He had to feather an engine to conserve fuel to make it home.


Well he better turn that engine back on QUICK to taxi , or else he will be doing dounuts for ages just like in AH :D
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