Thanks, Chuck. That is more information than I got from my search.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Visitor from the Forties
> If you look at this link (from that same series)
> <http://www.enginehistory.org/Allison/V-1710Details/allisonv1710installationinp51.html>
> you'll see that the scoop provides air to both the coolant and oil
> radiators. The oil cooler is inside of and surrounded by the coolant
> radiator and the air scoop provides air flow to both of them.
>
> I'll have to ask my dad what he called them. He worked on P-38s and
> P-51s from late 1943 to the end of the war. P-39s and P-40s before that.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/17/2012 4:25 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> Perhaps you can help me understand why this scoop is referred to as an
>> "oil
>> cooler" (even the model makers call it that), when it was actually an
>> engine
>> coolant radiator. See the link to the following diagram:
>>
>> http://www.enginehistory.org/Allison/V-1710Details/allisonv1710coolingsysteminp51.html
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Visitor from the Forties
>>
>>
>>> Yes, the Mustang's oil cooler is a very neat design; and I've always
>>> wondered if it is that component that makes the beautiful and
>>> distinctive
>>> howl when the aircraft reaches a certain speed.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 17 Oct 2012, at 16:54, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Ian.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is hard to see from these images, but there is a circumferential
>>>>> opening
>>>>> at the back of the cowling that provides a smooth exit path.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thought it would be something like that, which is very neat and, if
>>>> done
>>>> right (and it probably is here) could even add a bit of thrust due to
>>>> the
>>>> heat input along the way - a bit like the famous P-51D oil cooler.
>>>
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