Milton,you are relentless!
Excellent!!!
Hi there,
Here is an interesting site with regard to the Canadian-built Stoofs:
http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/tracker.html
With regard to the electronics suite of the RCN CS2F-1 (see link Tracker -1, -2 and -3 Electronics Suite) there was no TACAN installed till 1960; the 17 Dutch CS2F-1/CS-2A's (ex-RCN) didn't have TACAN at all.
From the same site something interesting about the engines:
"Engines: Two Curtiss-Wright Cyclones (R1820-82WA) manufactured by Pratt and Whitney Canada under license as P&W model number 983C9HE1. This P&W model number is what appears on the nameplate affixed to the engine. The Cyclones developed 1275 hp @2500rpm continuous. Each engine could produce 1575 hp for up to five minutes. The P&W engines were modified to have the master rod in the number five cylinder instead of number one. The engineering spec indicates this modification improves reliability."
Cheers,
Maarten
Speaking of which, my laptop I use on the road is back in service after a heart lung transplant and total body transfusion.... FSX is currently installed and FS9 to go. Amazing how much faster they boot with mostly empty hard drives!
This must be about the most popular aircraft series ever!
Cheers: Tom
Whoops! No, I wasn't. Actually I was surprised by the modification of the R-1820-82WA design by Canadian Pratt & Whitney (the master rod in the number five cylinder instead of number one) to improve reliability.
Now that you ask, the 1,575 hp mentioned on the Canadian Tracker site must be a typo of the author. I hadn't noticed that at all. The RCN specification of the Canadian Pratt & Whitney model 983C9HE1 (see http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/tracker_spec.pdf) mentions 1,525 hp, just like the Wright R-1820-82WA.
Cheers,
Maarten
BTW, the S2F-1 looks awesome already. I can't believe you are doing that job that quick.
Milton,
Just saw your pictures and noted the placement of the damper on the left horizontal stab. It should be further outboard at the juncture of the blue and green mapped areas. If it's not fixable, no harm done. Thought I'd mention it. Looking forward to this one also!
Dave
Thanks TG ... I do hope she will satisfy the S2F-1 needs. :-)
Well, a man has to do something in retirement. :-)
There are a lot of details but if the RW versions weren't so complicated, this would be easier. :-)
Dave, just a followup here. You were more than right. I totally blew the htail thinking that the C1A had the short tail, I just merged it in to this model. Wrong! It turned out to be the longer tail it replaced. LOL So, your "heads-up" drew me to this discovery and now we have a proper short tail in place with the damper where it should be. Thank you.
Yea! Finally completed mapping of 631 parts. Now a couple minor adjustments before she's off to the paint shop.
May be dumb question but will ask anyway - beta testers needed?
I am the Jack LaLanne of patience, I've had mine so exercised I look like Schwarzenegger! Not a problem, though.
LOL Well, I just sent the last of the changes to the S2F-1 to the paint shop. So now officially, I am done with the -1 until Duckie finds the secret issues I accidently left throughout the models and mapping. :-)
EDIT: Before you ask; I will await Duckie's close inspection of all the work before I do the CP-121 variant. Once I get the "all clear", I will do that one.
Just finished up Tanker 88 in its new paint for this years fire season in California.
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Excellent! Thank you Sir!
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