Go Back   The Ford Barn > General Discussion > Early V8 (1932-53)

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-01-2018, 10:30 AM   #21
38bill
Senior Member
 
38bill's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,162
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Quote:
Originally Posted by G.M. View Post
Here's a picture of my 310F serial Number 310F-0001 which was the
prototype of the swept tail model. I few it 350 hours a year and put
close to 6,000 hours on it. After I retired the hours per year got lower
and lower but the expenses were still high for the time I used it so I
sold it. It was a well equipted nice flying airplane. G.M.
I love 310's. My father-in-law owned a a 310 Riley Rocket conversion at one time.
38bill is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 10:56 AM   #22
1936 ford pickup
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 197
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

I couldn't afford the Radial engine at the time, so I went VW powered with Belt Drive Reduction for the WWI Fokker Dr1 that I built. I have a Harley and a '36 Ford pickup with running Flathead and nothing sounds better than that (still wished I could have afforded the Radial engine though).

Bruce in California
Attached Images
File Type: jpg P1010043.jpg (61.4 KB, 32 views)
1936 ford pickup is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Old 02-01-2018, 11:44 AM   #23
rotorwrench
Senior Member
 
rotorwrench's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 16,367
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

A radial to fit that DR1 kit would be pretty small. Warner engines were small but I don't know how well it would fit. I've seen that some later models have been developed but I don't know much about them.

A person can just mention the Pietenpol Air Camper or Sky Scout to get the discussion back on a Ford topic except it would be more toward Model Ts or Model As. The Funk brothers built an airplane but they are just as well known for their H6 and V8 conversions of the little Ford N type tractors.
rotorwrench is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 01:12 PM   #24
tiger.1000
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hertford (UK)
Posts: 905
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Hoop.....for a man in a plaster cast, that's pretty good and almost correct !
tiger.1000 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 01:37 PM   #25
Graeme / New Zealand
Senior Member
 
Graeme / New Zealand's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand
Posts: 2,125
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Quote:
Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN View Post

Stenny...The DH 114 (Dehavilland Heron) was what KGS guessed it to be. DD
Heron looks similar but has a rounder tail.

GB
__________________
"you can't make honey out of dog sh*t"

"You're a long time looking at the lid"
Graeme / New Zealand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 01:43 PM   #26
Graeme / New Zealand
Senior Member
 
Graeme / New Zealand's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand
Posts: 2,125
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Quote:
Originally Posted by RalphM View Post
When the big hands in th red, watch out overhead!
bit like the old Michael Jackson joke "when the big hand touches the little hand..it's time to go to bed"

GB
__________________
"you can't make honey out of dog sh*t"

"You're a long time looking at the lid"
Graeme / New Zealand is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 01:50 PM   #27
Hoop
Senior Member
 
Hoop's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Jacksonville FL
Posts: 1,137
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

" ...almost correct."

Tiger,

Being very modest, I did not want to show off. There's more information that could be extrapolated from knowing the time, direction, airspeed, etc. of an incoming attack. Not only intercepts but air raid warnings, anti-aircraft defences (note the spelling), dispersal of aircraft on the ground, etc., ... time to target considerations as well as the likely targets.

German fighters had very limited loiter over England and were very vulnerable as they exited as were the German bombers that were left behind them. Tagging and tracking their time in country, by color-coding the time of detection into 5 minute segments, certainly would be an advantage itself.

Save me from myself ...
__________________
"Remember that when it comes to intelligence, half of all of us are below average."

Last edited by Hoop; 02-02-2018 at 06:57 AM. Reason: clarity
Hoop is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-01-2018, 01:50 PM   #28
GB SISSON
Senior Member
 
GB SISSON's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orcas Island Washington
Posts: 4,844
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Quote:
Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe View Post
"good"? Naaa, 60 year old memories are a piece of cake! Now, yesterday's breakfast? That's another story!
Don't make me tell you the joke about the two salesmen meeting the old Indian who had the best memory in the world.
__________________
Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
GB SISSON is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2018, 02:59 PM   #29
FLA48
Senior Member
 
FLA48's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Conroe TX
Posts: 170
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

I hate to start a dispute with GM, but the first c-310 with a swept fail was the D model.
FLA48 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2018, 03:48 PM   #30
tiger.1000
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hertford (UK)
Posts: 905
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Hoop,

Noticed the spelling and in your defense (notice the spelling);.....
you're nearly there

Here's a clue....
Attached Images
File Type: jpg RAF sector.jpg (133.7 KB, 39 views)
tiger.1000 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2018, 04:18 PM   #31
V8COOPMAN
Senior Member
 
V8COOPMAN's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: East Shore of LAKE HOUSTON
Posts: 11,106
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Quote:
Originally Posted by FLA48 View Post
I hate to start a dispute with GM, but the first c-310 with a swept fail was the D model.
That's a true statement! The "D" showed-up in 1960. DD
__________________
Click Links Below __


'35-'36 W/8BA & MECHANICAL FAN


T5 W/TORQUE TUBE
V8COOPMAN is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2018, 11:20 PM   #32
JRHASZARD
Senior Member
 
JRHASZARD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ophelia,Va.
Posts: 219
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

I have a Chipmunk with a Gypsie engine sitting in my hangar next to the 31 Widebed and 39 pickup. I believe the Heron, Dove and the two Rapide biplanes at DuxFORD also had the Gypsie Queen engines. ( cylinders on the single engine planes were pointed down so the Exalted Ruler could see over the nose).
JRHASZARD is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2018, 12:19 AM   #33
Bob G/Spanaway
Senior Member
 
Bob G/Spanaway's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Spanaway, Washington
Posts: 344
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Here's one that makes the right kind of noise.
Modified Starduster Too with 755 Jake.
I built it and still have it.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg phpfg4y1ZPM.jpg (63.0 KB, 28 views)
Bob G/Spanaway is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2018, 09:22 AM   #34
4dFord/SC
Senior Member
 
4dFord/SC's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 1,579
Default Re: Hey, You OLD AIRPLANE Guys

Quote:
Originally Posted by oldford2 View Post
My son in law was a captain on 757's and Airbuses so I did a lot of family pass flying.
Dad was a pilot for NWA, so we kids got to go many places on passes. The downside was that as a "non-rev," you had to be prepared to get bumped by a paying passenger. During his career, he flew the Boeing 247, 377, 727; Douglas DC-3, DC-4, DC-6. DC-7; Martin 202; and Lockheed 1049-G, L-188. To keep this Ford related, we had a 1940 Tudor Deluxe, and he told of once flying a plane with a Ford flathead engine that he remembered as being so seriously under-powered that he landed it as soon as possible.
4dFord/SC is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:39 AM.