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--- DaveG <peagreen@intergate.ca> wrote:
> In lugnet.build.sculpture, Lindsay Frederick Braun
> writes:
> > In lugnet.build.sculpture, George Haberberger writes:
> > > In lugnet.build.sculpture, Mike Case writes:
> > > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 05:19:42 GMT, "Mark" • <snowleopard@foxinternet.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It is a nice kit, very detailed. Just one gripe, • this baby packs tons of
> > > > > torque, when you spin the props, the engine spins • with it. I thought it
> > > > > was kind of a cheap maneuver but it does look good • and there certainly are
> > > > > ways to work around it if you want the prop to spin • freely.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wasn't this an intentional part of the design? I had • thought that the
> > > > radial engines of that era rotated around a central • shaft just like
> > > > the model.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > >
> > > If the engine spins with the propellor, then it is a • rotary engine, and it
> > > is correct, see this link for more detail,
>
> > http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/gbritain/sopwith/camel.html • .
> > >
> > > In reality, the rotary engine packed so much torque • that inexperience pilots
> > > routinely crashed flying the Camel. Experienced pilots • knew how to
> > > compensate for it, and used the torque to their • advantage, amking the Camel
> > > extremely manueverable. Often, a pilot would turn 240 • degrees one way to
> > > make a 120 degree turn the other way, there was that • much torque.
> > >
> > > There was a discussion about rotary and radial engines • in lugnet.military
> > > not too long ago.
> >
> > I've been trying to find a diagram of the old rotary • engine,
> > but searches always bring up the Wankel engine, which • isn't
> > nearly the same thing. I'm trying to get a sense for • how
> > much of the engine rotated, and how fuel delivery was • done if
> > the cylinders were spinning. To be honest, I didn't • think that
> > the engine *did* spin, but I've never seen a running • rotary
> > engine (!!) so I can't speak from experience.
> >
> > Anyone have any good information/references?
> >
> > best
> >
> > LFB
>
> Try "radial engine" or "radial rotary engine"
> the more correct term for the engine type in
> your search.
>
> Best
> DaveG
I have two great books I found at Borders Books a few weeks
ago. They are the "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military
Aircraft" and "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft"
both by Enzo Angelucci. Between these two books they have
most every fixed wing craft ever built. In the first book
a number of engines are highlighted. The Gnome Monosoupape
100 hp, Clerget 9B and Le Rhone 110 hp, are three examples
of rotary engines used by the Allied powers. All three were
developed in France. I found this website
http://www.keveney.com/gnome.html using the first engine
on the net. Hopefully this helps!
Joel
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