A Lockeed Super Electra Challenge...

OBIO said:
Again, thank you thank you thank you. Your Super Electra fulfills one of my biggest wishes for flight sim. There is just something about those beautiful Lockheed twins that captured my heart years ago and make them my favorite planes to fly in FS today.

OBIO
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yeah man, you got dat rite.
 
Hi Paul,

She's looking great!:applause::applause::applause::applause:
A long time wish about to be fulfilled.:jump:
Thank you very much!

Cheers,
Maarten
 
Volker Böhme said:
Hi,

this is looking excellent! Thanks a lot for staying with the project.

Best regards,
Volker
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Were the engines on the Lockheed P2V Harpoon the same as on the L-14 ??
If so I can take a couple of pics of the sad relic sitting on the ramp at my home base.

If only I had more $$$s .... short of the Connies these twins are my absolute favorite airplane design..... so many many thanks for taking on this project Paul.

Stefan
 
No..the L-14 Super Electra used 9 cylinder Wright R-1820 engines...the PV2 Harpoon used the 18 cylinder Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engines...which are behemoth monster motors.

Some Super Electras were equipped with the Pratt and Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial, but most were powered by the Wright R-1820 Cyclone. I have seen reference to some early models of the L-14 being powered by Pratt and Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasps as well.

OBIO
 
Lefty just sent this along. Nice shot of the Hughes ship.

Paul- Check your email. Forwarded several pages of Super Electra stuff that Lefty scanned in. Thanks Mike!
 
I've always kind of liked the P&W Hornet engine. A couple of favorite aircraft of mine were Hornet powered.
 
Moses03, thank you very much for the scans. That scan you have in your post helped close the debate on what was in the nose of Howard Hughes' aircraft. This is an early photo of his aircraft, before the extra shielding was added to the nose perspex, and clearly shows an "over-under" light arrangement, with a larger light on the bottom and smaller light on the top. That, along with my recent acquisition of "The American Aviator: The Howard Hughes Story" (which had some nice footage of his Super Electra) has given me a much clearer image of his aircraft (and the World's Fair emblem as well.)
Thank you all for your help. I am in the VC right now, most everything else is done for the initial model. Lots of good info here, what a fantastic help!

Hey Willy, any photos of those Hornet engines? Also, do you have any idea where the air intake is on that engine? That is still keeping me from doing a Hornet-engined Super Electra.....

Paul
 
You are welcome Paul. More sent via email today thanks to Lefty again.

Gotta love the Hornets Nest! :)
 
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