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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys!  Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 13:12 |
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Mine came out of Stead. There are a LOT of really nice airport toy boxes around the Reno area.  Jeff
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 13:20 |
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Username Protected wrote: Nice,
Did that come out of Carson City?
Recently?
Ted had 2 P-51's there at one time. He passed two years ago and I wondered what happened to all his fun stuff? He had a couple of toys I wanted. I Actually wanted ALL of them and the hangar too! Send me a personal e-mail with contact info if we are talking about the same guy! His P-51s are for sale through Simon Brown- http://www.platinumfighters.com/n51tchttp://www.platinumfighters.com/n51hrMany Toys to Pick From- http://www.platinumfighters.com/warbirds
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 13:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: Rich, which 'warbird' is the most docile and easy to fly?
do you also happen to know which one has the best safety record? That would be the Piper L-4 Grasshopper. As the saying goes; "Safest plane in the word, it can just barely kill you." 
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 14:11 |
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Username Protected wrote: Rich, which 'warbird' is the most docile and easy to fly?
do you also happen to know which one has the best safety record? That would be the Piper L-4 Grasshopper. As the saying goes; "Safest plane in the word, it can just barely kill you."
I meant a warbird, not a trainer, warbird.......made for war
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 14:24 |
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That would be the Piper L-4 Grasshopper. As the saying goes; "Safest plane in the word, it can just barely kill you." [/quote] I meant a warbird, not a trainer, warbird.......made for war [/quote] I just had to be a twit.... I thought the T-28, one of the reasons I bought one. Big engine so it has lots of get up and go, but also has a nice fat wing with big flaps. And it has a training wheel up front. I'm gonna leave the big hairy chested tail draggers to the real pilots!
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 15:09 |
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aah crap, stuck my foot in mouth I meant something other than a bird dog or a piper cub variant...........your airplane for example!!!
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Post subject: Re: Toys... We must have toys! Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 15:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: Can you really get the full rated HP out of it? I figured with the demise of purple gas the max MP limit would have probably been brought down.
Congratulations on getting a really sharp looking plane, and by many accounts, one of the best flying warbirds out there. You can, the question is for how long! I don't plan on ever pushing it that hard, there simply isn't a reason to under normal operations. Another matter to consider with these old engines is even with the proper octane gas, they are simply getting old. Chroming the barrels back to standard might fix the bore, but it doesn't do anything for the decades of stress that has been put on the head. R985's don't pop the heads off from crappy gas, they do it from too many birthdays. Even with reduced power the old girl still goes like stink!
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