More PRS?

[ignomini]

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Mr Slack,

It's not hijacking, it's adding back story. Please tell us.

Igno

[retroaviation]

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Two main things to look at are the wrinkles in the skin, between the wing and tail , and the paint lines not exactly matching up on the cowling, due to the torque.

Gary

[BellCobraIV]

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Two main things to look at are the wrinkles in the skin, between the wing and tail , and the paint lines not exactly matching up on the cowling, due to the torque.

Gary

EXACTLY!

[Jason S.]

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This is one of my all time favorite Neal Nurmi shots...
I call it, "TORQUE!"

(It's a picture of a picture, so forgive the quality of the image in this post.)



Gary

I know that wasn’t a good year for the Bear, but that still is my favorite color scheme.

[deepsky]

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I know that wasn’t a good year for the Bear, but that still is my favorite color scheme.

I agree Jason it was my favorite also.

[wingman]

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One of my all time favourite raceplanes...

[sierra fox]

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WOW!!! I didnt think the Dago shot could be out done, you just done out did it!!!

Speaking of torque, this one always amazes me (not the photo but the suject), does this qualify as a hi-jack

Anthony

[Jeff E]

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I do hate it when Victor posts his stuff first, but I did get a couple of shots.

The IF1 Gold should be quite interesting this year. I expect Steve Temple, for one, to be pushing a bit harder as he dials in some "Madness"...

Wow.. can you say MOVE!!! DUCK!!!

THats pretty awesome!

J

[TWD]

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One of my all time favourite raceplanes...

I agree. Awsome Machine!
What's with the augmenter(?) beneath the cowl?
TJ

[Apteryx]

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I agree. Awsome Machine!
What's with the augmenter(?) beneath the cowl?
TJ

From the post "#42 Relentless, returns to the sky" 4-18-2007:

Could you tell us a little about the cooling air cowl outlet duct?

This was designed by Paul Lipps to replace stock exhaust Augmentor. So far is seems to be working perfectly! We need more testing but so far temps are low and the exhaust heat is deluted to the point it does not seem to hurt the gear doors like the old exhaust used to. I am sure the drag is less than two round tubes sticking out but we may play with some cowling changes in the future.

kee
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[Three-Wire]

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I love your photos Neal... "Madness" has been one of my favorite IF1's since it first showed. Looking at this photo though, I can see three places at a glance that are begging for aero cleanup... It's easy to suggest "fixes" when I'm not he one committing the hours of composite work to do it though. I'm just glad the aircraft is still racing!

Several years back, I was told by someone who claimed to be "in the know" that this airframe was a bit marginal in roll authority when on the course. Can anyone comment on this?

Thanks again for everyone who's positng photos from PRS!

--Rob

I do hate it when Victor posts his stuff first, but I did get a couple of shots.

The IF1 Gold should be quite interesting this year. I expect Steve Temple, for one, to be pushing a bit harder as he dials in some "Madness"...

[wingman]

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Cloudscape...

[MRussell]

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Neal, there is something very special about the way you compose your pylon shots. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Big_Jim]

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That is a great picture and is kind of like what I was describing before it is the shadows that seem to show up in Neal\'s pictures like this one that show the deformation I was describing elsewhere in the Bakersfield pictures. there are a couple of points to be made about the Rare Bear in this shot, but I\'d like to not hi-jack the thread.

There is a photo in one of the Reed Kinnert books that shows the cowling of #77 offset by several inches. It was the year that they had the downdraft scoop on top of the cowl, and with as much \'twist\' as there is, its amazing that one, they got any \'smooth\' air into the engine, and two, that the scoop didn\'t blow off because of the offset.

[Jeff E]

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Neal,
That is a very cool shots.. pretty soon the pilots are going to have to make sure they are propperly dressed.. and not scratching an itch..

Kind of like being on HD tv for the first time..