you cannot beat the sound of the Centaurus sleeve valve radial! 53 litres and a tad over 3000bhp! the american double Wasp & P&W R3350 are awesome but not in the same league as the Bristol...fastest single piston engined fighter i beleive
What amazes me about the Centaurus and it's smaller siblings is how reliable they are, they have more moving parts than a bloody Rube Goldberg creation.
A five bladed Rotol prop....anti-clockwise turn....smooth idle..........i was around The Saunder's family TT20 flights at Chino in '78-'79 and the Centaurus they had was much smoother sounding than this one in the video. Very brash sounding....for a Centaurus......sounds like a Wright R-3350 radial.....maybe, just maybe they found an oddbell anti-clockwise turning unit and adapted a five-bladed prop/hub to the new engine...
If this is now "September Fury" then it has been ruined, it now has a custom built Wright R-3350 engine, had it's wings clipped and canopy/cockpit redesigned. It's currently for sale with Courtesy Aircraft Sales at $950,000.
It's definitely a Centaurus. The five bladed prop and original cowl give it away...as soon as it fires you can hear the classic sleevless Bristol sound...all exhaust and no 'tappeting' - much like the Hercules at idle. The Hercules never sounded this aggresive though...lovely fighter.
Thanks for the update info! Must also relay a retraction. This Sea Fury I was informed, was Not bought by a member of Pink Floyd back then. A P-51 Mustang, based at this same air port at the same time, was reported bought by a member of the band. This was a hearsay report back then. Apoligies for the misidenty mixup or if any of this was only rumour. But glad this Fury did not crash and flys on. Thanks again.
When Great Britain was still great....
WALTERBROADDUS 1 year ago
Love this video! Love the aircraft!!! It has Canadian Markings ... can anyone elaborate?
Thanks
Stacy
slowstrummer111 1 year ago
you cannot beat the sound of the Centaurus sleeve valve radial! 53 litres and a tad over 3000bhp! the american double Wasp & P&W R3350 are awesome but not in the same league as the Bristol...fastest single piston engined fighter i beleive
lazycalm41 2 years ago
What amazes me about the Centaurus and it's smaller siblings is how reliable they are, they have more moving parts than a bloody Rube Goldberg creation.
klesmer 2 years ago
A five bladed Rotol prop....anti-clockwise turn....smooth idle..........i was around The Saunder's family TT20 flights at Chino in '78-'79 and the Centaurus they had was much smoother sounding than this one in the video. Very brash sounding....for a Centaurus......sounds like a Wright R-3350 radial.....maybe, just maybe they found an oddbell anti-clockwise turning unit and adapted a five-bladed prop/hub to the new engine...
albatrosh177 2 years ago
@albatrosh177
no mate this is a Centaurus. at (1:19) it makes the classic 'galloping' sound of all Bristol's Sleeve Valve engines...Hercules would also do it.
juzzi07 1 year ago
If this is now "September Fury" then it has been ruined, it now has a custom built Wright R-3350 engine, had it's wings clipped and canopy/cockpit redesigned. It's currently for sale with Courtesy Aircraft Sales at $950,000.
PHDarren 3 years ago
It's definitely a Centaurus. The five bladed prop and original cowl give it away...as soon as it fires you can hear the classic sleevless Bristol sound...all exhaust and no 'tappeting' - much like the Hercules at idle. The Hercules never sounded this aggresive though...lovely fighter.
juzzi07 4 years ago 3
juzzi07 is correct, it is a centaurus.The big block v8 sound gives it away if nothing else.
klesmer 3 years ago
Wonderful aeroplane, but it doesn't sound as if it has the Bristol engine fitted but some horrible P&W or Wright instead.
Soupdragon1964 4 years ago
Yes, you are right, this engine runs clockwise, while the original Centaurus turns anticklockwise.
chinagilb 4 years ago 2
Uh oh, we are both wrong, this is an original Centaurus, Pratts and Whrights turn the other way, sorry.
chinagilb 4 years ago
God I love those planes...and the sound of that engine...
Sprebound 4 years ago
Great video.
The Fury hasn't crashed! It made it to the UK and flew here for a few years before it returned to the USA.
It now flies as 'September Fury'.
centaurus18 5 years ago 2
Thanks for the update info! Must also relay a retraction. This Sea Fury I was informed, was Not bought by a member of Pink Floyd back then. A P-51 Mustang, based at this same air port at the same time, was reported bought by a member of the band. This was a hearsay report back then. Apoligies for the misidenty mixup or if any of this was only rumour. But glad this Fury did not crash and flys on. Thanks again.
7arsehle6 5 years ago
@7arsehle6 i,m sure it was owned by spencer flack in uk,saw it on show circuit a few times
landyandy7 1 year ago