[ARC5] FM-2 Radios

[Bob Macklin]

LeRoy's landing gear dates all the way back to the Loening amphibian. We 
Loening sold out he financed LeRoy to start Grumman. The first product LeRoy 
did was the "A" float with the same landing gear.

LeRoy was also responsable for the folding wing design on the F4F.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kludge" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.'" 
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Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] FM-2 Radios


-----Original Message-----
From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Robert Eleazer
> But on the other hand, all versions of the Wildcat had landing gear that
had to be cranked up
> by hand via a bicycle chain arrangement and the earliest versions also
required the use of a
> manually pumped fuel transfer system in order for drop tanks to be used.
It appears that you
> could not fly a Wildcat unless you could rub your head and pat your
stomach at the same
> time and had very strong wrists!

These are carryovers from the F4F's immediate predecessor, the F3F, which
got at least the landing gear from even earlier aircraft.

Best regards,

Michael, WH7HG BL01xh
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NTH/index.aspx
http://wh7hg.blogspot.com/
http://kludges-other-blog.blogspot.com
Hiki Nô!

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