Neil:
yes, that's the one. A beauty, isn't it? There were several late-war
German designs that used liquid-cooled V-engines with round radiators--
looking like very slim radials. Principal: "put the air inlet at the point
of greatest aerodynamic pressure". Performance figures seem to bear it out.
(Kurt Tank was surely an aviation genious on the order of Kelly Johnson.)
Wouldn't it be neat to see one of those (nitrous) engines in an LSR car? Or
a RR Merlin (or Griffon), or one of the big sleeve-valve things that the
Typhoons and Tempests used? I'm sorry I missed the era of the aero-engined
lsr cars.
Yeah, Gary, I know you guys have a nice one in Australia (Woomera, is
it--??)-- but it never seems to run. (Not enough money in lsr to support
these beasties, I think.) If it ever does run, I'd like to get the
opportunity to be there.
Russ, #1226B
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Albaugh, Neil
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:54 AM
To: 'Russel Mack'; 'ardunbill@webtv.net'; 'Waldron, James';
'land-speed@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: Water injection - stuff
Russ;
You may be thinking of the Focke-Wulf TA-152. See:
http://hometown.aol.com/pelzig/ta152.htm
A portion of it: "...Common features included a pressure cabin for the
pilot, provision for the GM 1 ( nitrous oxide injection ) kit or the MW50 (
methanol-water injection ) kit,..."
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Russel Mack [mailto:rtmack@concentric.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 5:34 AM
To: ardunbill@webtv.net; Waldron, James; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Water injection - stuff
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