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Interesting stuff. Although I know quite a lot about the details of these aircraft, the mechanicals and how they work I will never understand as well you folks do!
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If I’m not mistaken, the turbo compound had turbines mechanically connected to the crankshaft, or a blowdown turbine. Just one type was ever produced: the Wright R3550. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_R-3350 |
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Yes, that is the one I was thinking of.
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