Stew and the Bear!!

[BellCobraIV]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

Do you know what the engine mods were and the amount of HP it was producing at the time of the TTC record?

Yes I do.

[Donald McMullin]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

Yes I do.

Your response made me laugh, not volunteering any details.

[440_Magnum]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

Yes I do.

I laughed out loud, even though I pretty much knew it was coming... ;-)

[ignomini]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

I seem to recall one of the current/former Bear pilots saying it was out of rudder long before full power could be applied on takeoff. Can't remember for sure though.

You could be thinking of Sherm Smoot's description of takeoff power in Czechmate. Somebody asked how much power he used. His response was (paraphrased) "add power until it runs out of rudder travel."

[BellCobraIV]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

OK, that was fun, the engine at the time of the Time to Climb was a basic R-3350-26WD with a 26WC blower throat. This was before we started using airline and transport based engines for the main part. However even though we started using the EA2 nose cases for our racing endeavors, we switched back to the faster nose for the time to climb. We were still learning about racing R-3350 engines at this point. But experimental application of Nitrous Oxide was ongoing. The base engine program blueprinted to very diligent factory specs at this time provided 3200 Horsepower without Nitrous Oxide or using Nitro Methane. Both of which were used in different applications as needed.

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[supercub]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

Is their any video of the time to climb record? Would love to see the take off. Thanks
Brian

[BellCobraIV]

Re: Stew and the Bear!!

Is their any video of the time to climb record? Would love to see the take off. Thanks
Brian

Brian,
So your question of course my first response was well nobody had video then. But then I remembered my Mom had her 8mm movie camera either during the test or real attempt. Then I thought where in the Shell would that be? All I can say is, if the 8mm footage exists, if, I have put it on the long list of stuff to find.

So for right now that is the answer.
John