In a message dated 1/8/2007 7:28:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tlizzard@msn.com writes:
Only WW1 era rotary engines such as the Gnome Rhone had the cylinders
rotating around a fixed crankshaft with the propeller bolted to the block.
A
the WW2 radials, such as the Wright Cyclone R2600 and Pratt and Whitney Twin
Wasp R2800 were conventional in that the engine block was stationary and the
crankshaft rotated inside it.
...a discussion on round motors that doesn't include the 3350 (???)
BTW there's a LeRhone on display over at NAS Pensacola, or at least there
was before the storms 2 years ago. The Naval Air Museum is a must-see for
anyone
with any interest in military aviation.
Glen
an old ADJ
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