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1. ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:02:45 -0500; Actually, most WW1 aircraft used water cooled engines such as the Liberty. The Rhone rotary, which you mention, was a rather weird exception, not having a throttle at all, merely a "blip switch". The; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00072.html (7,620 bytes)
2. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:52:15 -0400; To the contrary, most smaller WWI aircraft used rotary engines. A few DID use water-cooled engines. Here is a rough break-down: water-cooled SPAD fighters Albatross Fighters Fokker DR-7 BrisFit SE-5/; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00073.html (8,497 bytes)
3. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Charlton" <charlton@flash.net>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:10:12 -0500; I visited the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome last year in New York State. This is really a must-see for gearheads if you're in the area. This is an outdoor museum in which most of the displays still fly eve; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00074.html (10,879 bytes)
4. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:14:35 -0500; Nice try. The Smithsonian records indicate that the Liberty was the most produced WW 1 engine...water cooled. So many were produced that they were common after the war used in everything from autos t; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00078.html (7,962 bytes)
5. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:39:31 -0700; Surprisingly enough, when I went to undergrad Aeronautical school, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, Ca. we had a rotary LeRhone engine mounted on a stand. It was fun to start that puppy and watch all the; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00080.html (8,732 bytes)
6. RE: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:46:04 -0700; Maybe you have also heard the story about the Sperry sales engineer that had a demonstration gyroscope he had mounted in an ordinary suitcase for travel. He loved to spin that puppy up before checki; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00081.html (8,267 bytes)
7. FW: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Adin,David" <DavidAdin@mercydurango.org>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:54:57 -0600; What was the handling problem again? Only turned left climbing w/ throttle on. Turned rt. decending w/ throttle off? And all this due to too much torque? (never had tooooo much torque, have you?) Mem; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00082.html (9,497 bytes)
8. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 12:47:04 -0400; Liberty engines saw only very limited Wartime use, and most of the production actually occurred after the Armistice. During the War, the US used Caudron G-IIIE and G-IVA (rotary engined), Farman F-40; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00083.html (9,473 bytes)
9. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:54:01 -0500; I agree, a most entertaining engine. I flew an old aircraft with one of the units......tough to land! No wonder so many of those guys bought it! At least the planes landed at a lower speed then. Best; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00084.html (7,936 bytes)
10. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:54:33 -0500; One more aside...the "rotary" engines we are discussing are not Wankel type rotary engines, merely a radial-of-sorts air cooled engine whose crankshaft was bolted to the airframe, and crankcase was b; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00085.html (8,232 bytes)
11. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:07:16 -0500; Liberty engines saw only very limited Wartime use, and most of the production actually occurred after the Armistice. *I think you better check again. See production figures before 1918. During the Wa; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00086.html (9,146 bytes)
12. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:21:11 -0400; And you might want to subscribe to any of the several World War I and World War I aviation lists, where this is a frequent topic of conversation and discussion. C'mon over, and LEARN some things! You; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00087.html (9,077 bytes)
13. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:55:44 -0400; I have no "chat room" knowledge at all -- never been on one. Sorry to disappoint your prurient tastes, Ray. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00088.html (7,681 bytes)
14. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:55:09 -0500; data, I have no "chat room" knowledge at all -- never been on one. *Another quibble. Change "chat room" to "list". Sorry to disappoint your prurient tastes, Ray. *I cannot imagine what you think the; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00089.html (7,957 bytes)
15. RE: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Palmer, Robert L." <RPalmer@brobeck.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:02:09 -0700; Unless the thought of a rapidly rotating crankcase turns you on!! Now, back to work guys. data, I have no "chat room" knowledge at all -- never been on one. *Another quibble. Change "chat room" to "l; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00091.html (8,685 bytes)
16. Re: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Chris Hill" <Pirouette@uisreno.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 00:10:33 -0700; I don't care if Rootes made one and it was powered by Jiffy Pop. Might I extract the phrases "distressing fixation" and "dead end" to indicate why you folks should take this non-Tiger diuscussion off; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00118.html (7,331 bytes)
17. RE: ww1 a/c (score: 1): Author: "Gary Strom" <gstrom@oldrepublic.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 08:22:52 -0500; And the Sunbeam content of this thread is??? Gary; /html/tigers/2001-09/msg00122.html (7,133 bytes)

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