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One of my regrets is never hearing a B36 overhead.But it's the sound, 8 tf33s makes a lasting impression. Just the sound alone of a flyover can be a deterrent.
One of my regrets is never hearing a B36 overhead.
One of my regrets is never hearing a B36 overhead.
In the early 1950s, they were based at Geiger Field/Fairchild AFB in Spokane, WA. The greatest generation said if there was an early morning takeoff, no one would get any more sleep that day.
jack vines
I always wondered why they put it in the front wheel ... but the concept lives on, anyhow. At least some of the electric bikes have the motor in the wheel hub. Or the motor is the wheel hub, in fact.Yep. Look up Megola.
Could be wrong but as I remember, there was one guy who was really really good and did most of them ... are you remembering the 300SLR one too ? Sports Car Illustrated maybe ?Just think about the amount work that goes into making one of these nice looking cutaways.
Could be wrong but as I remember, there was one guy who was really really good and did most of them ... are you remembering the 300SLR one too ? Sports Car Illustrated maybe ?
Oh, you meant the physical ones. I was thinking of the drawings. Some of those were stupendous, too. To me, it'd be easier to cut something apart than draw itBeing all secret and stuff they had to put walls around it and could only take so many parts out of the room at once for cutting.
Then there's the Gnome...which had a fixed crankshaft and the rest of the engine rotated....
Do you know something about time travel that I missed ?many ww2 german fighters were retrofit with those in ww1 as the mean time between overhauls was 2 or 3 times any other ww1 motor, and the power to weight was favorable.
I meant the part about putting WWI engines into WWII airplanes .. maybe read that wrong but totally puzzled. An 80 hp LeRhone in an FW 190 ? How would that work ? Or did they put the FW engine into a triplane ?He's talking about Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Cole Palin's collection.
He's talking about Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Cole Palin's collection.
I have not been in decades but saw one of the shows in the mid 70's (when cole was still alive and doing some of the flying) As Jim said they started some up near the crowd. During the show, they'd taxi right up to the rope, swivel away from the crowd, and let off the kill button a few blasts.
they really knew how to keep those things flying, and how to put on a show.
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I've lost track of the website but some years ago there were some guys with enough time/money to kill that they reproduced one (or more) of the rotary engines.
There were plenty of racing cars made with surplus aircraft engines after WWII....I've seen ads where you could buy a new left over V-12 Merlin for cheap.
Edit: Here it is... Oberursel 110hp UR.II Engine Build | The Vintage Aviator
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