[Milsurplus] Using SCR-274N

[Bruce Gentry]

On 3/30/13 6:42 PM, mac wrote:
> Didn't the British heavies use inline water cooled engines?
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> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
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> On Mar 30, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Jack Antonio wrote:
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>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> On 3/28/2013 3:28 PM, Laura and Jim wrote:
>>>> Like fitting a B-17 w/a set of turboprops................which may
>>>> have actually been done, IIRC.
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>> There was a version of the B-17 using
>> inline Allison V-1710s instead of the radials, but
>> only two were built. It was designated the XB-38.
>>
>> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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The Canadians built an airliner called the North Star  that was a 
composite of a Douglas DC-4 and DC-6 design, repowered with Rolls Royce 
Merlin water cooled engines.  I think it was the only post WW2 airliner 
with water cooling produced in the Western hemisphere. A friend who 
crewed on them told me they were faster than most other comparable 
planes, and immensely noisier inside and out.
     Bruce Gentry