Some old Reno pics

[wingman]

A decade later (actually 2012) young Steve took a slightly different path. My autofocus worked better too...

[Pylon1_Mark]

Do you have any other Fury pics from Phoenix?

I got a couple of shots of Mr. Pardue & Fury @ Phoenix '95 as they taxied by (just OK shots - I was just starting to learn how to do this photo stuff back then).

[AE88]

I got a couple of shots of Mr. Pardue & Fury @ Phoenix '95 as they taxied by (just OK shots - I was just starting to learn how to do this photo stuff back then).

Thanks Mark! The photos you and Neil have put up do bring back some memories! I can see the oil residue on the gear door from the oil cooler- the stock units didn't like the oil flow from the 3350. Fixed those problems when we started building our own.

It was a lot of work adapting the spinner from the Aeroproducts to fit the Ham Std. Looking back now, it's obvious that the blade needs a cuff of some sort- might have been a different story with that and some refinement.

AE

[wingman]

Were those blades shorter than the Skyraider prop? They look like they might be in Mark's photos, but it's hard to tell.

[AE88]

Were those blades shorter than the Skyraider prop? They look like they might be in Mark's photos, but it's hard to tell.

A Skyraider prop is 14.5 ft diameter- the 6507 blades that were used on Furies with a Ham Std are 13.5 ft in diameter. I'd wager that these were close to the 13.5 ft diameter.

Did a quick image search and the DC-6 profile looks more accurate for this prop. A DC-7 blade has a lot more blade area towards the center of the prop- it probably would have worked better.

AE

Edit: went and looked up DC-6 Type Certificate: Largest diameter Ham Std prop used 6895-8 blades 13' 5-5/16" diameter. Good eye Neil-

[BellCobraIV]

A Skyraider prop is 14.5 ft diameter- the 6507 blades that were used on Furies with a Ham Std are 13.5 ft in diameter. I'd wager that these were close to the 13.5 ft diameter.

Did a quick image search and the DC-6 profile looks more accurate for this prop. A DC-7 blade has a lot more blade area towards the center of the prop- it probably would have worked better.

AE

Click this picture it is the DC-7 propeller on the Able Cat.


John

https://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/filedata/fetch?id=231578

[SpinB]

Click this picture it is the DC-7 propeller on the Able Cat.


John

https://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/file...etch?id=231578

She was, obviously, a 'Fire Breathing Beast' from the beginning!

[wingman]

I did not think I had any Phoenix shots of "Fury" scanned but turned up a couple of Papa Ezell chasing Howard...

[AE88]

I did not think I had any Phoenix shots of "Fury" scanned but turned up a couple of Papa Ezell chasing Howard...

Good Stuff Neil, thanks for posting! At least being slow that year made for great shots of both airplanes together!

AE

[AE88]

Click this picture it is the DC-7 propeller on the Able Cat.


John

https://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/file...etch?id=231578

Any recollection of how it compared with the Aeroproducts regarding performance?

AE

[wingman]

I always did love Howard's Fury. This is from 2008 -- interesting that I was focused on the trailing airplane here.

Nelson Ezell presiding here...