Reno 2011

[AlisoBob]

Strega now sponsored by Lucas Oil



Heres the dates : Sept 12th - 18th


http://www.airrace.org/race_experience/schedule.php

I may fly up for Sat / Sun

Any other Hoons going?

[AlisoBob]

1979 was a terrible year. I have some cowling pieces of the Red Baron.

It was the ultimate Mustang

[Tharrell]

That was really tough to watch not knowing that he survived.
What's he doing now?

[AlisoBob]

http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/article ... ers/FR.htm

[AlisoBob]

I miss Dago Red....

x 1650

[freeride588]

1979 was a terrible year. I have some cowling pieces of the Red Baron.

It was the ultimate Mustang

Bob what the deal with the twin props thats not normal right.

[AlisoBob]

This is a Rolls Royce Merlin (1650 cu in)



Its what transformed the Mustang from a 302 small block in to the Boss 429


This is the Rolls Royce Griffon (2240 cu in)



It was used mostly for the Shackelton Bomber



The Grifion had the grunt to swing the two, contra-rotatating props.

Its been tried after the Red Baron... but never with much sucess...


Miss Ashley II





Precious Metal

The Red Baron was a very special plane....

[freeride588]

Pretty frickin cool stuff man that merlin motor didnt look very good. My dad was a pilot and owned a beach bonanza that he would take us up in which was some of my best memories with my dad, Well that and the miramar air show every year. Planes are crazy cant just pull over and pop the hood. Good videos thanks.

[AlisoBob]

Dago Red qualifying at 507 mph.

[fastkart]

[img]Heres the dates : Sept 12th - 18th

I may fly up for Sat / Sun

Any other Hoons going?

If I had more time, I'd be inclined to stop for a while. I'll be heading east thru Reno on Tuesday the 13th.

[gusaberg]

This is what we Aussies do with aeroplane engines, not sure if you guys have had the chance to see this thing touring the States but it is crazy in the flesh.

Sorry about the link I don't know how to post the vid straight up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfu ... detailpage

[AlisoBob]

This is Voodoo.... Race #5



Last year their was a big bang, a pop, and then a rough running engine. The pilot landed and the crew spent the next 4 hours chocking their chicken to find the problem ( Rossty and I watched the whole time)

They were reading the plugs, running the valves, doing a leak down test, bore scoping things... it took forever and they finally thew in the towel at 1am and swapped motors.....

A buddy just sent me a photo of what the damage was.....



With all the diagostic shit, and a crew of 5 guys swarming over the thing... and they couldnt find this....

[Roostius_Maximus]

I can't even count the number of times you asked them "why don't you do a leak down?"
Idiots!

[Kuma]

If they already pulled the plugs they could have stuck a cheapo compression gauge and found a problem. I'm surprised they didn't see aluminum al over the plug.

[AlisoBob]

Yuppers.....




Miami Manitoba compression gauge

[Mik329]

damnit, if I was not so busy with airplanes, I sure would love to make it out there! Maybe next year....

[AlisoBob]

2010 Fenceline Action....

[Rhino89523]

The boys were starting to fly in over the Lake yesterday. Good sounding motors with short wings flying close together, a lot of those dudes seem to fly in by the pair.

[Rhino89523]

Got to love a good double post.

[AlisoBob]

VooDoo Pit Cam....

http://www.rcatsystems.com/voodoocamera/Still1.html

[Rhino89523]

I'm out of town this weekend, enjoy if you come up. The Hill behind you at the Airstrip is called Peavine Peak, good riding up there, thats my daily grinder going back in towards Ca. The hills out the other way connect into the area they call Moonrocks and there is a bunch of fun stuff there too, plus everything in the middle that few people touch.

[AlisoBob]

Strega went 499.16 mph today..... in practice!

[Kuma]

[AlisoBob]

[AlisoBob]

VooDoo.....



Final Qualifying Order:

http://reports.airrace.org/2011/2011.Un ... Report.pdf