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1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
It was a little lazy at the start but once the tires got going the FFFord flew.
It was a 1929 Ford Tri Motor airplane. If anyone gets a chance to ride in it do it, you won?t be sorry. |
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05-25-2025, 09:45 AM
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Re: 1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
Trimotor was not Supercharged. 3 radial engines naturally aspirated.
Cool old plane still. |
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05-25-2025, 01:38 PM
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Re: 1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
Ford built their own trains, planes and automobiles! All the wood for "woodies" (of all makes) got their wood from iron mountain in Michigan which was owned by ford. Ford's first car company got taken away from him (voted out) because they wanted a "rolls royce" or "Stutts" style car and Henry wanted a cheap car everyone could afford. The company he lost had to come up with a new name, the name? Cadillac! Louise Chevrolet used to race fords for Henry and the dodge brother made carbs.....all roads lead to fffford!! LOL!!
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05-25-2025, 05:18 PM
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05-25-2025, 06:49 PM
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Re: 1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
I was wondering if the flight engineer had to tell Larry exactly where to sit in order to get the CG right LOL. Love all the old planes, anyone going by Kitty Hawk, the air museum near Dulles, the Smithsonian, the Evergreen Museum in McMinnville, OR, and so many more please do yourself a favor and drop in, you won?t be sorry.
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05-25-2025, 07:30 PM
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Re: 1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
hello, that plane has 3 p&w 985 radial engines @ 450 hp each. they have an internal supercharger built into back engine case, every radial i ever worked had that. it doesn,t put much boost , it pushes fuel up int the cylinders. not trying to start an argument,
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05-26-2025, 08:33 AM
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Re: 1350 Supercharged Hp In An Old FFFord That Flew
]Thank you. I ask the Captain if they were supercharged and he said yes. I believe he told me OEM Engins were 250Hp each. Elevator and rudder were cable control routed outside the cabin. To keep the CG in range and the FAA happy, the two most forward seats had to remain empty.
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