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Not a "real" A/C expert but if that is a Harvard that should be a P&W 1340. Fixed gear Yale may have had the 985. Spent a lot of time in and around Beavers and Otters with MNR. Many hrs in the right hand seat of DHC-3's. Very close to the 1340 up front. Fond memories.
 
Thanks to Sillymike for bringing this to the random pictures thread. This is the Kurogane Type 95 field car:

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The Suzuki Samurai of WW2.

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4WD, short wheelbase, big tires.

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Hard to find pics of unsmiling people using one.

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From Wikipedia:

The Type 95 was a Japanese scout car built by Tokyu Kurogane Industries (東急くろがね工業 Tōkyū Kurogane Kōgyō), and was used during the war with China and World War II in the East. Between 1936 and 1944 approximately 4,700 were built. It was the only completely Japanese designed reconnaissance car ever used by the Imperial Japanese Army, which tended to use civilian cars.

It is the world's first four-wheel drive passenger vehicle placed into mass production before the Willys MB (Jeep), which was introduced in 1941, the Daimler Dingo in 1940, the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen introduced in 1942, and the GAZ-61 in 1938. Its nickname is the "Yonki" (よんき) which in Japanese means "all-wheel drive". In the field, soldiers often called it the "daruma".

Only four examples remain: one built in 1941 displayed at the Motorcar Museum of Japan,[2] one at the Retro Auto Museum in Moscow, Russia,[3] one at the Redball Military Transport Club in Pennsylvania, USA, and a 1939 model discovered in 2013 in a repair shop in Kyoto. It was extensively restored at the request of Masahiko Kobayashi, at a cost of ¥13.24 million (approximately USD $116,000) which was crowd-funded, and was added to a Japanese military museum. The unveiling of the restored car with running engine is shown on video at the NHK World website.
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Video of one of the two in Japanese museums:
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Another modified Harvard, the Australian CAC Wirraway

https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.co...morial-cac-wirraway-the-unlikely-zero-killer/

Also the Australian CAC Boomerang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_Boomerang

In late 1941, Lawrence Wackett, Manager and Chief Designer of CAC, began examining the possibility of designing and building a new domestically-designed fighter aircraft.[3] The main challenge to this ambition was the fact that fighter aircraft had never been manufactured before in Australia; according to aviation author Rene J. Francillon, many experts considered that the licensed manufacture of a complete fighter aircraft would be beyond the capabilities of Australia's industry at that time.[3] Wackett quickly made the decision to use elements of aircraft which were already being produced in Australia. Only two military aircraft were in production at the time: the CAC Wirraway, based on the North American NA-16, and the Bristol Beaufort bomber.[4]
 
We've talked about forward visibility and how taildragger's should do S turns while taxing reminded me of the Oshkosh accident that happened on the departure lineup in 2006. There was over 80 aircraft in the lineup and I was just departing when this accident happened about 40 or so aircraft behind me in the lineup. Apparently, he was trying to stay behind the aircraft that was ahead of the one he ran over and didn't know this Canadian aircraft was there and only stopped when he saw debris flinging into the air off his propeller. Sad day for sure.

"Passenger Killed In Taxi Accident"

"Shortly after noon as this year's AirVenture was nearing its close, a passenger in an RV-6 homebuilt was killed when a Grumman TBM Avenger ran into it from behind while taxiing at the Oshkosh airport. Both the Avenger (a very large WWII taildragger with limited forward visibility) and the RV were in line for departure at Wittman Field, on the taxiway on the west side of the airport's main runway, 18-36. The propeller of the Avenger sliced into the RV and passenger Gary Palmer, 63, of Nepean, Ontario, was killed. Palmer was president of EAA Chapter 245 in Ottawa. The pilot of the RV, Donald Reed, 58, of Carp, Ontario, was unhurt, as were the two on board the Avenger. "It's always a very difficult situation when there is a loss of life," EAA President Tom Poberezny said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our sincere sympathy goes to the families and to all involved." The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the accident."

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Thanks very
bush1 said:
We've talked about forward visibility and how taildragger's should do S turns while taxing reminded me of the Oshkosh accident that happened on the departure lineup in 2006. There was over 80 aircraft in the lineup and I was just departing when this accident happened about 40 or so aircraft behind me in the lineup. Apparently, he was trying to stay behind the aircraft that was ahead of the one he ran over and didn't know this Canadian aircraft was there and only stopped when he saw debris flinging into the air off his propeller. Sad day for sure.

"Passenger Killed In Taxi Accident"

"Shortly after noon as this year's AirVenture was nearing its close, a passenger in an RV-6 homebuilt was killed when a Grumman TBM Avenger ran into it from behind while taxiing at the Oshkosh airport. Both the Avenger (a very large WWII taildragger with limited forward visibility) and the RV were in line for departure at Wittman Field, on the taxiway on the west side of the airport's main runway, 18-36. The propeller of the Avenger sliced into the RV and passenger Gary Palmer, 63, of Nepean, Ontario, was killed. Palmer was president of EAA Chapter 245 in Ottawa. The pilot of the RV, Donald Reed, 58, of Carp, Ontario, was unhurt, as were the two on board the Avenger. "It's always a very difficult situation when there is a loss of life," EAA President Tom Poberezny said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our sincere sympathy goes to the families and to all involved." The NTSB is continuing its investigation into the accident."

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And oddly the Avenger prop looks pristine.
 
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And oddly the Avenger prop looks pristine.
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A few nicks and some missing paint. Notice the number of chops the Avenger prop took out of the tail and rear fuselage of the front aircraft before it got to the cabin? The guy in the back seat probably didn't feel a thing. The pilot, however, will need counselling.
 
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Now if your going to say you don't like how they sound as well, you've really outed yourself ;)
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Yes I do like the sound of the Radial...but not as much as a RR Merlin.

Okay...Maybe they look better on some planes than others...

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I did a foamy RC model a few years back and put floats on her...Very fast for a 110 cm wingspan

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Very Shneider Trophy, that. Cool work. :)

I like most things about radial engines. I like the sound they make. I like the belligerent look, the anti-aerodynamic squareness of it. But most of all, I like the fact they wake up grumpy.

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Radials sound like they're disassembling themselves on startup. The clanks and bangs and pops. In the same way that steam engines sound like living things because they respirate, radials sound like they have very little time for the likes of us and prefer not to be disturbed. But once they're up, they're severely peeved at having been forced to get on the job, and so make every effort to holler and howl about it.

Real personalities. Inline engines are smooth as silk. But radials sound angry and mean.
 
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A few nicks and some missing paint. Notice the number of chops the Avenger prop took out of the tail and rear fuselage of the front aircraft before it got to the cabin? The guy in the back seat probably didn't feel a thing. The pilot, however, will need counselling.
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It seats side by side so only the passenger got chopped because they were off the centreline of the taxiway but the spinning prop was only inches from the pilot. Terrible day for sure.
 


Interesting series of videos, showing for one this guy is a true craftsman, but also how a radial engine works.

Radials have the sweetest sound, from the -1830s on a DC-3 to the -985s on a Beaver. Always got a strange kick out of the starter whine just prior to throwing the mags to both. Obviously takeoff power is something to behold as well - nothing like the earth shattering racket of a two bladed Beav on floats. Actually, you really only hear that a few times, and then it's just a buzzing sound. ;) Same goes for the spool down, very distinctive sound as compression slows the prop down...

The Merlin, well... that's just the best damned sound out there. Spitfires and Hurricanes are lovely, the Mossie makes it twice as fun, and the Lanc just makes it sublime.
 
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