Thread: Which aircraft in Jeep ad?

Originally Posted by goingbush

yep - good pick up,

3 bladed prop = twin wasp

I think you are correct but the engine cowling looks too tight around the engine.

So is it a buffalo or a converted caribou?

Originally Posted by Gooseneck

So is it a buffalo or a converted caribou?

At first glance an easy way to tell is Buffalo has horiz stab on top of vertical stab , Caribou horiz stab is on lower half, also the gull wings (like a ju87) of the Caribou are a dead giveaway

Originally Posted by garrycol

I think you are correct but the engine cowling looks too tight around the engine.

The cowlings on the Caribou are very tight. The air intake on the PT6 installations I am aware of are all chin intakes rather than annular ones, and this looks like an annular intake. (but I have not found a picture of the turbine conversion of the Caribou) The pictures are not clear enough to be absolutely certain.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The cowlings on the Caribou are very tight. The air intake on the PT6 installations I am aware of are all chin intakes rather than annular ones, and this looks like an annular intake. (but I have not found a picture of the turbine conversion of the Caribou) The pictures are not clear enough to be absolutely certain.

John

The turbine has 5 bladed prop

Nope it's a bog std radial caribou. Engine nacelles and 3 bladed props are definitely P&W radial.

As a school kid we went through Hawkers at Bankstown and at the time they had the contract for engine maintenance/overhaul on the P&W Wasp used in the Caribou.

I remember the inlet and exhaust valves were big

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSjV7DQqoBA]DHC caribou doing the "wheelbarrow" - YouTube[/ame]