http://enginehistory.org/r-4360ops1.shtml

Merciful heavens no wonder jets were so enthusiastically accepted!!! What a freaking nightmare. It must have been like juggling four balls and having a spinning plate on your chin while flying the airplane. I can see where the fire issues came about by the least inattention to to throttling and mixture. I wonder what the life expectancy of flight engineers was?

That's why they called them Flight Engineers and not the throttle guys.

Pretty amazing when it's broken down and detailed like that.

Hangover is not an option, it would seem...

all for 120 bucks a month

as a a/2c on B-50s and C-124-A globe-masters I got $80 a month and was also expected to do maintenance when problems occurred. We also had an engineer that was a 1 striper. Nothing like being assigned to a SAC base.UGH

Good grief. If that's what it took for a big radial how did the Corsair drivers manage their engines?

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Originally posted by Jerry Liles:
Good grief. If that's what it took for a big radial how did the Corsair drivers manage their engines?

The vast majority of Corsairs ran R-2800's which is much more robust and simple engine that the R-4360. There were a few Super Corsairs that ran the R-4360 which for obvious reasons was never mass produced.

Here is a perfect example of why a fire prone R-4360 isn't a good idea on a single engine airplane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqPPCCKAFp8