Hood scoop ???
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TurboBeaver
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Northern Maine
Is it possible it was put there to slow the 12s down, so the 18's could catch up...........
All joking aside I would like to know where to find one of those vintage oil cans with flex hose coming from the bottom????
All joking aside I would like to know where to find one of those vintage oil cans with flex hose coming from the bottom????
mike mcs repair
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chugiak AK
Scratching my head. That the wrong side of the baffling to add pressure......
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In the woods
Blower scoop
Is it possible it was put there to slow the 12s down, so the 18's could catch up...........
All joking aside I would like to know where to find one of those vintage oil cans with flex hose coming from the bottom????
https://www.google.com/shopping/pro...&ved=0ahUKEwjL8f71-7HdAhXE0FQKHZ1uAi0QgTYIxQQ
They work great!
But I would like to find one of the "Lycoming" propeller hub plates that he has.
.......and also one of those sweet Captain and Tennille hats
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TurboBeaver
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Northern Maine
Well now that you mention that:
We did use em! Here is the old Cruiser
back in the 80's, with a set of M&H
Slicks on it. They were incredible in
Swamps. Kelly Vrem and I used to land
them in places so wet; that when you jumped
out of the airplane you could go over the tops
of "12" Bean Boots.... Lots of water flying on the
Windshields in those days. Here is a happy hunter
With a decent moose in front of 4018H.
Note: See the FA Dodge " hurricane" tie down straps outboard of the wing struts. Those saved that plane twice
down on the Peninsula, in 80kt winds when Cubs tied right
in same storms were ripped to shreads tied just to end of
Struts. Best insurance policy you can purchase; period.
We did use em! Here is the old Cruiser
back in the 80's, with a set of M&H
Slicks on it. They were incredible in
Swamps. Kelly Vrem and I used to land
them in places so wet; that when you jumped
out of the airplane you could go over the tops
of "12" Bean Boots.... Lots of water flying on the
Windshields in those days. Here is a happy hunter
With a decent moose in front of 4018H.
Note: See the FA Dodge " hurricane" tie down straps outboard of the wing struts. Those saved that plane twice
down on the Peninsula, in 80kt winds when Cubs tied right
in same storms were ripped to shreads tied just to end of
Struts. Best insurance policy you can purchase; period.
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TurboBeaver
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Northern Maine
The airplane was also our daily ride for fish spotting, every spring.Had both Icom 2m(included 156mhz, marine)/6meters, VHF, Kenwood SSB HF, 440mhz UHF, Aircraft VHF, n Elt antennas.
Cyclops scramblers plus some other not so well
known stuff........ Secretive bunch those "spotters". When herring was $2K a ton, and you could slap the handcuffs around a few hundred tons in one set,
And the pilots percentage was 25 percent. It was pretty serious bussiness, where ANYTHING went...........
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The HF also had a long wire so I could let out 1 full wavelenght or 2 wavelenghts and have a perfect match SWR wise. Juneau or Kotzebue from Togiak anytime on 5631........ Whitehorse Radio on 5680.Or any lodge on 3201.
AK F&G was on 4460 but that was not common to crystal HF radios for obvious reasons. Evenings we
Could make a phone patch with Trident Radio if you could squeeze in past Bob Curtis; calling for a patch
, And I can still hear him now; calling "Trident radio ; WGG 97 Tickchik Lk over".
Cyclops scramblers plus some other not so well
known stuff........ Secretive bunch those "spotters". When herring was $2K a ton, and you could slap the handcuffs around a few hundred tons in one set,
And the pilots percentage was 25 percent. It was pretty serious bussiness, where ANYTHING went...........
E
The HF also had a long wire so I could let out 1 full wavelenght or 2 wavelenghts and have a perfect match SWR wise. Juneau or Kotzebue from Togiak anytime on 5631........ Whitehorse Radio on 5680.Or any lodge on 3201.
AK F&G was on 4460 but that was not common to crystal HF radios for obvious reasons. Evenings we
Could make a phone patch with Trident Radio if you could squeeze in past Bob Curtis; calling for a patch
, And I can still hear him now; calling "Trident radio ; WGG 97 Tickchik Lk over".
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mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
Wait! Cool the area where you take the temperature reading?! Ha!!! Sounds like big Pharma health solutions
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fobjob
MEMBER
Salt Lake City, Utah
I seem to recall “ eyebrow” scoops on top of the cowl to blow air down the back of the rear cylinders, ....on carbon Cubs?
The top of the cowl is not a great high pressure area to be drawing air from unless you are NOT climbing....dumping the air into the front of the baffles, as Mike mcs said, is not great either.
The top of the cowl is not a great high pressure area to be drawing air from unless you are NOT climbing....dumping the air into the front of the baffles, as Mike mcs said, is not great either.
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TurboBeaver
Registered User
Northern Maine
Mike,
That Dk Green cub you saw there, was likely Mark Bills from Willow. Extreame lightweight one with smoking hot
0 360.
Experimental, built from scratch. Pawnee prop. Honest 100ft airplane. Standard cowling so that big carburetor, hung right down and Out threw the bottom, so both carb n airbox were outside. Makin so much
HP, If I remember right he was running same jet as for 210hp to get it to work correctly. Had it set up with Nitrous for competition stuff. Pretty impressive 18.
One of the finest Cub builders up there. Expert tig welder,
High quality fabric work. Had a nice jig. Top Dog cub guy.
That Dk Green cub you saw there, was likely Mark Bills from Willow. Extreame lightweight one with smoking hot
0 360.
Experimental, built from scratch. Pawnee prop. Honest 100ft airplane. Standard cowling so that big carburetor, hung right down and Out threw the bottom, so both carb n airbox were outside. Makin so much
HP, If I remember right he was running same jet as for 210hp to get it to work correctly. Had it set up with Nitrous for competition stuff. Pretty impressive 18.
One of the finest Cub builders up there. Expert tig welder,
High quality fabric work. Had a nice jig. Top Dog cub guy.
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mvivion
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Bozeman,MT
I am the one who recorded Gary Dumond for that book. In the very late 40s or very early 50s, Maine Fish and Game hired a very talented mechanic named Howard Lambertson. They sarted with 108 Cruisers, then got 125s and later 150s. He may have installed the scoop for approval. Howard also got an STC for Cruiser flaps, in his own name. Gary flew over 20,000 hours over the Maine North Woods, retiring in 1991. Just this past summer they rehired him for two months. Go to backcountrypilot.org to read several of his stories along with several vintage photos. Jake
TurboBeaver
Registered User
Northern Maine
Jake,
Is that George Later to the right?
Earle
Is that George Later to the right?
Earle
Hmmm, looks like a 1950 Lincoln Limousine; you gearheads please correct me. I think President Truman used just such a thing, and maybe Eisenhower, probably other VIP's. Either that or Maine Fish and Game was VERY well funded.
Thanks. cubscout
