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Название: Round-Engine Racers: Bearcats and Corsairs
Автор: Nicholas A. Veronico
Издательство: Specialty Press
Серия: Raceplane Tech Volume 2
ISBN: 1580070353
Год издания: 2002
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 106
Формат: PDF
Размер: 78 MB
Racing Bearcats and Corsairs examines two of the most competitive types of air racers flown at the Cleveland Air Races (1046-1949) and today's National Championship Air Races, held each year at Reno, Nevada. Bearcats, often modified with engines nearly twice their original horsepower, have dominated Reno beginning in the 1960s and have continued a winning tradition with Lyle Shelton's Rare Bear. Heavily modified Corsairs were the dominant aircraft in the post World War II races, and at Reno, the Super Corsair was the bent wing bird to beat. Racing Bearcats and Corsairs examines what it takes to field a sound engine racer.