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Mitchell Holman wrote: begin 644 Wartime Aviation Ad 046.jpg [Image] end An old friend, a veteran of the 92nd BG, said that the Studebaker-built engines were prone to failure. He also said that the Lockheed-built B-17s were slightly faster than the Boeing and Douglas-built ones. |
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Most B-17 vets I've spoken to haven't made big distinctions between the
Wright R-1820s and the Studebaker license built versions, though one characterized the latter as "notorious oil throwers." When one considers how many of these engines were mass-produced, it's amazing there weren't more problems with the R-1820s. See http://www.t6srus.net/t6modeling/wri...1820%20engines, and compare the notorious R-3350, which was rushed into production without full development and which killed many people in B-29s. I looked at some production nos. and it appears Studemaked built 63,000 R-1820s during the war. http://www.thoroughbred-cars.com/car...%20History.htm I think they outbuilt Wright Aero in the total no. of engines built for B-17 usage during the war. The design was inherently "leaky" and "dirty" in operation, I believe, though it was probably the best Curtiss-Wright product of the War (possible exception, the P-40). Brian |
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