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Piotrsko · 10-22-2020, 10:48 AM

Recall the Naca cowling put on radial engine powered aircraft. IIRC, one such cowl put on a Beechcraft biplane produced so much thrust it destroyed either its mounts or the front of the airplane. I believe the GB2 series aircraft used them also.

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Piotrsko Somewhat crazed Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: 1826 miles WSW of Normal Posts: 4,371 Thanks: 528 Thanked 1,193 Times in 1,053 Posts	Recall the Naca cowling put on radial engine powered aircraft. IIRC, one such cowl put on a Beechcraft biplane produced so much thrust it destroyed either its mounts or the front of the airplane. I believe the GB2 series aircraft used them also.