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<blockquote data-quote="L8APEX" data-source="post: 16472812" data-attributes="member: 51947"><p>I'd love to visit that museum. They have a B-36 on static, and the stories I've heard from my grandfather about the size even compared to the B-29 and B-52 is hard to comprehend. My grandpa would say "On the B-36, where the wing meets the fuselage a grown man could stand in the wing and still have room above his head." And my favorite "If you parked one on the 50 yard line of a football field, the wingtips would make it past the 20 yard line on each side." (They actually would be a yard and a half short on each side, close enough)</p><p>I was fortunate enough to meet many WWII vets and hear their stories. Even as a kid they carried weight, as the men (and women, WASPS) told me their the stories almost as if it were a cautionary tale.</p><p>The engine fires were teething issues with new technology/engines being rushed out to fight the war. The B-29 was the only aircraft with the legs to reach Japan, so they were pushed into service.</p><p>The later Duplex-cyclones became very reliable over time and many variants were fitted to numerous aircraft (military and civilian), all the way into the 1990s. The original R-3350-57AM required lots of maintenance, and the last ones on Fifi were pulled when metal shavings were found in the oil. </p><p>Like I said before Doc and Fifi use hybrids because Fifi used up all the original R-3350-57AMs by 2006. The solution was a hybrid R-3350-95W and R-3350-26WD (From an A-1 and C-119 Boxcar) much better reliability with less maintenance, andplenty of power. The mixture meant they could still fit under the original cowlings without modifications, and the original B29 accessories would bolt right up and work on them, and best of all there are many, many spares left.</p><p>Just heard Doc fly by the house as I was typing this. We are so fortunate to have been able to not only restore but to build a hangar and keep Doc here.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657438[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Sent from my Note9</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="L8APEX, post: 16472812, member: 51947"] I'd love to visit that museum. They have a B-36 on static, and the stories I've heard from my grandfather about the size even compared to the B-29 and B-52 is hard to comprehend. My grandpa would say "On the B-36, where the wing meets the fuselage a grown man could stand in the wing and still have room above his head." And my favorite "If you parked one on the 50 yard line of a football field, the wingtips would make it past the 20 yard line on each side." (They actually would be a yard and a half short on each side, close enough) I was fortunate enough to meet many WWII vets and hear their stories. Even as a kid they carried weight, as the men (and women, WASPS) told me their the stories almost as if it were a cautionary tale. The engine fires were teething issues with new technology/engines being rushed out to fight the war. The B-29 was the only aircraft with the legs to reach Japan, so they were pushed into service. The later Duplex-cyclones became very reliable over time and many variants were fitted to numerous aircraft (military and civilian), all the way into the 1990s. The original R-3350-57AM required lots of maintenance, and the last ones on Fifi were pulled when metal shavings were found in the oil. Like I said before Doc and Fifi use hybrids because Fifi used up all the original R-3350-57AMs by 2006. The solution was a hybrid R-3350-95W and R-3350-26WD (From an A-1 and C-119 Boxcar) much better reliability with less maintenance, andplenty of power. The mixture meant they could still fit under the original cowlings without modifications, and the original B29 accessories would bolt right up and work on them, and best of all there are many, many spares left. Just heard Doc fly by the house as I was typing this. We are so fortunate to have been able to not only restore but to build a hangar and keep Doc here. [ATTACH=full]1657438[/ATTACH] Sent from my Note9 [/QUOTE]
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