In the 1970’s the operation of the Sea Fury by private owners had started to become more common but one of the major technical issues was the lack of a suitable grade of engine oil for the Centaurus. Some long term operators had been using long held stocks(RNHF) but nothing new had been produced to the correct spec for some while, due to lack of demand.
Does anyone know how this was resolved.
Richard
By: Camlobe - 20th April 2013 at 23:05
Ah, OMD 370, the Civil grade W120. In English, Treacle. At least the Shacks only burnt about one gallon per hour per engine…rather unlike the Beverly.
camlobe
By: Beaufighter VI - 19th April 2013 at 11:49
Whilst working on 34 Sqdn. Beverley’s at RAF Seletar in the 60’s we carried out a trial with 100U. Some a/c were replenished with 100U the others with OMD370. No idea of the results of the trial but I do know we reverted back to using OMD370.
By: HP111 - 19th April 2013 at 08:02
Do you mean this one?…..
Well the wording looks about right, but I recall a single page ad with a close up view of a sea fury in a hangar. Perhaps there were different adverts in different magazines. It must have been considered a good promotional point.
By: Mark V - 18th April 2013 at 23:54
So what did the ‘U’ stand for – unobtainable?
By: Seafuryfan - 18th April 2013 at 19:38
Do you mean this one?[ATTACH=CONFIG]215572[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]215573[/ATTACH]
By: HP111 - 18th April 2013 at 18:04
I clearly remember an advert in, I think, Flight many years ago where a petroleum company (I don’t remember which one) explained their assistance for the RNHF Sea Fury (of the time) by making available a correctly formulated oil per Centaurus requirements.
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