Constellation

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[facthunter]

Lovely Job.Looks terrific. The engines were always a bit "touchy" and the thing that usually grounds them is  wing Mainspar condition. HARS have One at Shellharbour that went to AVALON to "Airshows downunder". I'd just crossed the runway and was holding clear when it Landed behind Me The noise of those engines being throttled back went right through my Plane.  Nev

[Methusala]

I have a piccy of my VP-2 parked under its wing at Narromine at an easter fly in when we had such things. 

[BrendAn]

In the video the pilot said they like to land with the props in cruise pitch so they don't back load the engines.

What does that mean

 

[facthunter]

Revs with low throttle settings damage the engines. It's called 'balanced power'. The big ends  of radial engines are lightly Loaded in cruise. I was pleased to see him mention that. It's vitally Important. There would also be a few "don't USE' RPM settings..Nev

[BrendAn]

An old friend told me about his mate that flew super Connie's on the kangaroo route, he said they rarely got to Sydney on four engines. At least one would fail along the way.

I guess they were under huge stress making so much horsepower.

[facthunter]

They had the Nickname "Super Consternation".  The exhaust is fed into 3 Power  Recovery Turbines which connect to the driveshaft and enhance Power and fuel economy. A lot of things run very hot there. and the engines require careful management to last well.  Nev.