Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:16 am
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Surprised there's not been much discussion on the latest Ice Pilots TV series....seems to be big changes going on at Buffalo,
I wonder if anybody can answer this for me...in the last episode they where getting ready to to fly the Electra out to start a new military contract...unfortunately the APU would not start so they could not start the big Allison's,
Its seems that APU fitted to the Buffalo's Electra's are made and designed by there flight engineer (Luby) a small jet engine/gas turbine,
The APU they use looks to be a very compact unit...and I just wondering how it work or what it does....I can only think it drives a generator????
I'm sure somebody can tell me,
Does seem sad that the big radial piston engine era maybe slowly coming to an end over there in the far north .
I wonder if anybody can answer this for me...in the last episode they where getting ready to to fly the Electra out to start a new military contract...unfortunately the APU would not start so they could not start the big Allison's,
Its seems that APU fitted to the Buffalo's Electra's are made and designed by there flight engineer (Luby) a small jet engine/gas turbine,
The APU they use looks to be a very compact unit...and I just wondering how it work or what it does....I can only think it drives a generator????
I'm sure somebody can tell me,
Does seem sad that the big radial piston engine era maybe slowly coming to an end over there in the far north .
I suffer from Dyslexia...so if I annoy you with spelling ect mistakes apologies.