Hey Bill
You may be referring to the Aerosport, an airplane once built here in
Lincoln, NE. Some of them were equipped with flatheads, but most were
equipped with conventional aircraft engines. An example of this particular
setup was (and may still be) on display in the San Francisco Airport. You
want to get in touch with H. J. Kopel in Oklahoma. His e-address is
hjkopel@ptsi.net. His web site is at www.ptsi.net/user/hjkopel. It is
quite interesting. In addition to the Aerosport he features a supercharged
flathead. He is a nice guy. He came to visit once.
Dave the Hayseed
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From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
To: <clemtebow@jps.net>; <jamisone@iowaone.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>; <bjgayle@aol.com>; <bigsid@webtv.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Ford Flathead Puzzler- Aero Style
> Hi Folks, just ran into an interesting tidbit for Ford Flathead fans in
> a 1935 aircraft engineering textbook.
>
> In an appendix listing commercially available aero engines appears the
> following item:
>
> Ford V8 (W), rated 92 bhp @ 3900 rpm, weight 419 lbs.
>
> Might this be a variant of our good old Flathead (21 stud early type)
> produced for aero use? The weight of 419 lbs contrasts with the 575 lbs
> previously reported for the car-type Flathead. Big difference.
> All-aluminum?
>
> That's all the info there was, and it ain't much. Anybody out there
> know anything more in depth about this?? Cheers Bill
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