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Allison engines. What's the differance?
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I have an original copy of: Unlimited Hydro Plane News, August 1, 1957. On the back it lists the statistics on the boats that raced. When they list the boats that had Allisons there are several…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Randall E. Roe Jan 20.
Vertical fin on Shanty II...
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Hi Guys! I'm slowly figuring out the web-site and this is my first post. Had a BLAST at the Museum!I want to make another vertical stabilizer for Shanty II. The one I have on it now I made before I…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Doug Ford Sep 30, 2012.
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Randall E. Roe replied to Steve Wilkie's discussion Allison engines. What's the differance?"Sounds interesting, Steve. I've heard the airplane guys lament before but truth be told, they learned from each other and a lot of the boatracing mods keep the planes flying. You put Dixon Smith and Dwight Thorne together and that was a…"
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Randall E. Roe replied to Steve Wilkie's discussion Allison engines. What's the differance?"Steve, I'll load you up with some Allison info! As I said before there were Letter series, but there was a corresponding number too. C series is the first with a supercharger., D was for "Pusher Prop" planes, E was for…"
Randall E. Roe replied to Steve Wilkie's discussion Allison engines. What's the differance?"Steve, if you want to know all the real facts, the Holy Grail is a book that came out about ten years ago called "Vee for Victory", it is the complete story of the Allison engine from start to finish. There were series of engines from A to…"
Allison engines. What's the differance?
I have an original copy of: Unlimited Hydro Plane News, August 1, 1957. On the back it lists the statistics on the boats that raced. When they list the boats that had Allisons there are several different versions listed... What are these differences?Also, What did Howard Gidovlenko (Avia-Union) do to Allisons that made them so much faster, back in the day? Allison - 113Allison - "W"Allison - G-6Allison - 111Allison - 117 Thanks,Steve WilkieA&P, I.A.See More
"Kelly and I have owned the Shanty II for 15 years now. We "saved it" from a man that was going to scrap-it (see Chapter 8 in "What Were They Thinking?" by: Doug Ford).
We have finally met all of you who understand…"
Doug Ford replied to Steve Wilkie's discussion Vertical fin on Shanty II..."Hi Steve.
I'm not completely certain, but I think you are correct about the vertical fin on Shanty II. I think it was pretty much flat sided. I have looked through all the photos I have, and none indicates that it had any…"
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Kelly and I have owned the Shanty II for 15 years now. We "saved it" from a man that was going to scrap-it (see Chapter 8 in "What Were They Thinking?" by: Doug Ford).
We have finally met all of you who understand and appreciate its' place in Hydro history and can't thank all of you who have helped us!
Our intention is to take the boat to shows, and such, introduce people to the history of hydroplanes and promote the restoration of the U-55 Gale V (3) through donations.
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