Anyone want to buy an R-2800???

Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Anyone want to buy an R-2800???

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 11:48 AM

Since modelers are willing to buy Black Box cockpits off Ebay for $106, why not own a real piece of aviation history and put a REAL Pratt & Whitney R-2800-31 engine in the middle of your living room!! Oil stains on the carpet are guaranteed and are free, no extra charge!!!

You might think I'm joking...but I have a 1942 built R-2800-31that I'm looking to get rid of...

Anyone have a PV-2 they're restoring???

There's one catch, you have to come to New Jersey to pick it up, I'm not moving this heavy Censored [censored]

any more.

Jeff

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mandrake

Member since
April 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by mandrake on Friday, February 27, 2004 12:10 PM

Sounds interesting Big Smile [:D]

let me think about it.... im not sure about the oil stains....

Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 27, 2004 12:13 PM

I'll ask my wife. Shock [:O]

Ask over on this forum http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/vafrefugees/wix8msgboard.mv. someone might be interested

TimL

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 27, 2004 12:20 PM

Bad link, go here http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/ and then discussions, click on Warbird Information Exchange. Great site

TimL

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 12:43 PM

Oh, I know, I was just being sarcastic. I really don't expect anyone here to want it.

It is a BIG engine though...

J

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Friday, February 27, 2004 1:39 PM

Jeff,

I wonder if the Mid Atlantic Air Museum would be interested. An R-2800 isn't on our wanted items list, but you never know. The guy I would have gotten you in contact with passed away rather suddenly late last year, but if you drop a note using this contact information -- http://www.maam.org/comm.html -- I bet you'll get a response one way or the other.

Contact me off-list if you want.

Regards,

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 1:55 PM

Hey Drew,

Russ Strine will get NOTHING from me...as far as I'm concerned, he's persona non grata.

I run the NJ State Aviation Museum...so we have a history...

Jeff

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, February 27, 2004 1:55 PM

Been there, done that. We brought one up from Tulsa last spring for a Beachcraft that lost an engine and landed at the airport. That was a mother to hoist and install without the right equipment. We used a forklift. Almost lost the prop off the trailer too. That would have been a costly accident.

I'll ask my wife????? Although she protested when I brought home an engine for my Honda Civic and left it in the back yard. Would make an interesting lawn ornament. The guy down the street has a boat anchor, I could have an airplane engine.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 27, 2004 2:01 PM

Hey Scott, why not put IT in your Civic... I bet nothing could touch you on the drag strip...

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 2:07 PM

Hey, it's 2000 horsepower and gear reduced...you'll have to add some helper shocks to the front end though... :-)

J

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 27, 2004 3:37 PM

Sounds like it would make a great coffee table in my living room. Talk about a coversation piece!

Rich

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, February 27, 2004 3:41 PM

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH?

HRRRRRMPH, More power Tongue [:P]

I like those ideas. But it's my wifes car, she got a little fidgiddy when I put the supercharger on it and the stinger muffler.

I bet IT would make a good leaf blower. We also have a C150 that needs and engine, wonder if our A&P will sign for it Laugh [(-D]

Jeff, your just going to have to build a 1:1 scale Corsair or Hellcat for IT and take it to the next Nationals.
Scott

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Friday, February 27, 2004 3:44 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff_Herne

Hey Drew,

Russ Strine will get NOTHING from me...as far as I'm concerned, he's persona non grata.

I run the NJ State Aviation Museum...so we have a history...

Ah, Well. I had no idea. I knew you run a museum; didn't know that you and Russ don't get along.

Sorry about that.

Regards,

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Friday, February 27, 2004 4:22 PM

Can I use it for a ceiling fan? My wife has already shot down the wall hanging and as an alternative power source for our Ford F-150.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 4:49 PM

This would make for one BIG coffee table. When you lay her on end, she's about 7 feet tall!!

Drew, no reason to apologize, you had no idea that NJAHOF and MAAM don't get along. I did know Pete well, and he is missed. Since you're local (at least for those of us who fly) chances are we'll hook up at one of these shows (PennCon) and I'll tell you the story over a beer.

Jeff

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Friday, February 27, 2004 5:07 PM

If I bought it would I get access to the toys.......errrr.........planes in your museum? I would probably have to hock the house, truck and cats to afford it, but something like this would probably be worth the argument with my wife (honest honey, it followed me home, can I keep it?) I honestly would love having it in my shop. It would look good next to the F-105 parts I have.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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Bones-coa

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April 2003
From: Savannah, GA USA

Posted by Bones-coa on Friday, February 27, 2004 6:44 PM

I'm having a hard time just trying to find a place for my built models. I can't imagine what I'd do with that. Think it'll fit in a Toyota Supra? Big Smile [:D]

Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)

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BlackWolf3945

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December 2002
From: Pominville, NY

Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Friday, February 27, 2004 6:44 PM

How much?

If only I had the $$$...

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Keyworth

Member since
January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Friday, February 27, 2004 6:49 PM

It would make one hellacious lawnmower/snowblower/tiller/weedeater/pencil sharpener................a million and one uses. I'd like to have it just to annoy the neighbors when I crank it up!!! Big Smile [:D]

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BlackWolf3945

Member since
December 2002
From: Pominville, NY

Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Friday, February 27, 2004 6:57 PM

THERE 'ya go!!

Y'know, the idiots across the street could use a good yard cleanup. I'd need a prop to go along with it for that, though...

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Friday, February 27, 2004 7:07 PM

I'd be a nice powerplant for my semi truck.

Mountians, no problem.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

Posted by qmiester on Friday, February 27, 2004 7:22 PM

Jeff

What kind of paperwork do you have with the engine? (ie logs etc). Any idea of total time and time since overhaul? I know a fellow (worked for him for 12 years) who might be interested in it (last I knew he still had a couple of PV-2s and a PV-1).

Even if you don't have the paperwork, it still might be useful as a parts engine (the cylinders don't care if they are installed on a -31 or a -75 or any of the A-series engines)
Or as one of the guys suggested, donate it to a museum as a display (and get a nice tax right off in the process)

Quincy

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 27, 2004 7:37 PM

Hey Quincy,

I AM a museum...this is an artifact from my collection that has been approved for deaccession.

I was told that it received an overhaul in 1944, and I pulled it out of the steel can it's been in since that time...

Get in touch with your PV-2 guy and see if he's interested in it. I'd like a C&W engine in swap, doesn't need to be a runner, a metal-making motor is fine. R-3350, 3350TC, 1820, or J-series powerplants would be nice.

The reasoning: I am the Director of the NJ Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum. Curtiss Wright (Wright Aeronautical Corp.) had six engine facilities in New Jersey during the war, producing some 625,000 engines for the war effort. So, I collect CW engines. Pratts are nice, but they don't fit into my mission statement.

Jeff

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 27, 2004 8:08 PM

That would definately bring my psi up, when I turn it into a compressor for my AB!!!

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Friday, February 27, 2004 11:38 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff_Herne
Drew, no reason to apologize, you had no idea that NJAHOF and MAAM don't get along. I did know Pete well, and he is missed. Since you're local (at least for those of us who fly) chances are we'll hook up at one of these shows (PennCon) and I'll tell you the story over a beer.

Jeff,

That sounds really good. I worked with Pete to put our newsletter on the web. I didn't know him well, but we talked or corresponded every couple of months for two or three years. You're right, he is missed.

Littlemoe, on this board (Ron Mlodzienski) has said he'll be at PennCon (which is 15 minutes away from my house). I'd love to meet you there too. This'll be my first model show, and my wife will be coming along. I'll be glad to buy a beer for you . . . in exchange for the story. Wink [;)]

Regards,

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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DaveB.inVa

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September 2003

Posted by DaveB.inVa on Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:44 AM

You can always ask some professional tractor pullers. They use big radials all the time!

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:27 AM

Hey Drew,

Moe's coming up to my show on the 13th (MosquitoCon) and I'll definitely be going to PennCon...

Looks like we're having Pizza and beer for lunch!!

Jeff

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mkee

Member since
December 2003

Posted by mkee on Monday, March 1, 2004 9:17 AM

I would love to have that for my little home museum.I am currently negotiating price on a pair of merlins.Would go well with the CF-104 ejection seat,CF-101 nose cone,B-29 APU,2 1/4(?) scale R/C target drones and maybe if I'm lucky,I won the bid on a T-33 that was being offered surplus.My wife doesn't even ask anymore.

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murph

Member since
January 2003
From: West of the rock and east of the hard place!

Posted by murph on Monday, March 1, 2004 10:36 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by glu snfr

Sounds like it would make a great coffee table in my living room. Talk about a coversation piece!

Rich

It'll go along well with my Allison and Merlin end tables and the Wright Cyclone ottoman! Big Smile [:D]

Retired and living the dream!

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