[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Brewster F-2

[AKLDGUY .]

That was possibly an (or the) oil scraper ring. Going back to my car engine
overhaul days, the lower ring on the piston was an oil scraper ring.
Turning it upside down may have allowed oil to lubricate the upper rings,
at the expense of increased oil consumption.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com
> wrote:

> On 12 Aug 2016 at 18:33, Glen Zook via ARC5 wrote:
>
> > Against Russian aircraft, the Finns had fantastic results.  Which asks
> the
> > question as to if the tactics, used by United States forces, were
> inferior or to
> > just what the success of the Finns, with the Buffalo, can be attributed.
>
>
> A big part of that was that the version the Finns were using was the F-2A1,
> not the later and much heavier ones.  And then they installed 1000 HP
> engines in theirs.
>
> The F-2A1 was noticeably lighter than the later models, even with the 850
> HP engine. When the 1000 HP engine was used, they were an even better
> airplane.
>
> Lastly, the Finn pilots were not only very, very aggressive, but their
> gunnery
> training and practice included hitting a specific part of an enemy
> airplane, not
> just the entire plane. One of their better aces routinely fired at a
> distance of
> 50 yards, and often much closer.
>
> Even Pappy Boyington liked the Buffalo (the later model) He said something
> like, "They were easy to fly, and although not particularly fast, you
> could roll
> or loop one in a phone booth."
>
> Another odd thing I learned today was that the Wright engines had big
> problems with over-heating. The Finn mechanics discovered that if they
> turned one of the piston rings on each piston upside down and reinstalled
> it,
> the overheating problems were reduced, and reliability of the engines
> improved dramatically.
>
> I would dearly love to know what the reason was for this.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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