R2800 start and run!!!!!!!!

This is the culmination of what has been an arduous road in the restoration of this engine. Looking back I feel the effort was worth it.

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[viperd9111]

i would so wanna drive down the highway with that thing on lol

[tlfrantz1]

@viperd9111

I would call Al Gore and tell him I'm driving my "hybrid" vehicle! He would be thrilled!!

[millsie216]

I have just restored a Bristol Hercules 14 cylinder radial sleeve valve engine and know the effort it takes to get them back to this condition, congratulations on such a good job.

What is next?

[tlfrantz1]

@millsie216

Unfortunately, I am now looking for a replacement engine as mine seized up a few months ago at a WWII D-Day show. It was a lot of work to have it seize after only six hours of operation...

Congrats on the Herc! I KNOW that was a lot of work!!

[tlfrantz1]

The blades are now pitched properly; I couldn't get the pitch control to work so I just pulled the dome and repositioned the blades.

[spencnaz]

That's called a club prop to keep the engine somewhat cool, these engines are air cooled.

The club prop also provides some load for the engine to work against during tests.

[kyberforce]

beautiful engine,you've done a brilliant job of it,i take my hat off to you

[MEGADmitri1]

ECO engine)))))

[boeing747300]

@tlfrantz1 Hi,

I may need some of your help as I am setting up a R-2800 like you. Would you still have the trailer?

[FiveCentsPlease]

@TheRebelman95

The cone at the center of the prop contains the mechanisms to adjust the angle of the propeller blades relative to the airflow. This can increase airplane performance, reduce workload on the the engine, and provide better fuel economy. A "fixed pitch" propeller would not have this feature.

[boblackey1]

@tlfrantz1 Great to see that engine running. In the 1960's a flew Piedmont Airlines (as a passenger) from Roanoke, Va to Atlanta, Ga and I always tried to sit next to the engine. Remember one night trip from Atlanta to Roanoke and the long flame of fire coming out of both exhausts on the port engine and it was just outside my window on one of Piedmont's Martin 404 planes. I think they bought them used from TWA and a few from Eastern. But they did have two P&W R2800 Wasp engines.

[TheRebelman95]

whats the purpose of the cone thing in the middle of the prop

[riderpoet]

Next step, attach a Corsair or Thunderbolt to it! Beautiful engine, great job.