Chat and all, I was a young, newly winged Ensign out of flight school in
1958 going to my first squadron, an AD Skyraider unit out of Miramar,
California.  I survived over 1500 hrs. in the airplane during deployments
aboard ship and instructing.  Yes, a torque machine it was, with a 13 1/2
foot four bladed prop bolted to a Wright R3350 radial.  The torque was the
cause of many a trip into the weeds or the sea, several of which I observed.

There were two flying AD's at OshKosh this year so I was able to pat the old
bird on the nose for old times sake.

George Shattuck
N329GS

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Torqued to death


Posted for "Chatfield S. Daniel" <csdaniel@FNBSouth.com>:

 Several WWII era planes, most notably the P-51 and the F4U produced so
 much torque that power had to be slowly applied on takeoff, or the plane
 would be uncontrollable.

 Chat Daniel
 Super ES N891AC
 painting now...hope to fly in October



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