And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
I bet those made some glorious sounds when running
Lots of companies (Fokker, Junkers, Savoia-Marchetti, etc) made tri-motors in the '30s. Ford's Trimotor has a high wing with fixed gear. This is a Stinson A, it has a unique forward raked windshield and retractable gear. Prop blades are forged aluminium not cast. Forged metal parts are stronger, lighter and more elastic than cast all of which are desirable in a a propeller blade. Al_in_Ottawa
There is nothing like the sound a big radial engine on an airplane makes!
ReplyDeleteRight you are:
DeleteLycoming R-680 like the Stinson wore:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD9Jv4Bz8gE
There's a unique bird.
ReplyDeleteStinson Model A.
Ford Tri-Motor….don’t think they had aluminum props originally…..
ReplyDeleteLots of companies (Fokker, Junkers, Savoia-Marchetti, etc) made tri-motors in the '30s. Ford's Trimotor has a high wing with fixed gear. This is a Stinson A, it has a unique forward raked windshield and retractable gear.
DeleteProp blades are forged aluminium not cast. Forged metal parts are stronger, lighter and more elastic than cast all of which are desirable in a a propeller blade.
Al_in_Ottawa
Correction… upon research, yes the original props were cast aluminum
ReplyDeleteStinson Tri-Motor #A…
ReplyDeletehttps://disciplesofflight.com/restoring-stinson-model-a/
DeleteThe sound of a radial will always get me to stop what I'm doing and start looking.
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