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Topic: Steam in the Air book |
klankenau
Replies: 9
Views: 14602
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Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:44 Subject: Steam in the Air book |
As a youth, I worked with a large variety of steam powered equipment; industrial, automotive and marine. There are still many applications today where steam is the most suitable, efficient and elegant ... |
Topic: Oil in sumps during operation |
klankenau
Replies: 6
Views: 4413
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Forum: Technical Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 17:01 Subject: Oil in sumps during operation |
As opposed to a rotary engine, in which case if you want to scavenge the oil, you would need to get it from the sides and bottom of the fuselage and the wing roots... |
Topic: Copper and Lead Plating |
klankenau
Replies: 2
Views: 2776
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Forum: Technical Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 09:58 Subject: Copper and Lead Plating |
Need more details. Guessing you're referring to the bearing shell itself? What engine application? |
Topic: Sunbeam-Coatalen Engine Catalogue |
klankenau
Replies: 3
Views: 6992
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Forum: WWI Engines Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 12:50 Subject: Sunbeam-Coatalen Engine Catalogue |
You never hear anything good about Hispano copies, whether license built or otherwise. I think you have to take into consideration all of the problems Hispano itself was having, especially with the g ... |
Topic: ASh-62 |
klankenau
Replies: 4
Views: 9546
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Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 13:49 Subject: ASh-62 |
Roland,
Essco has manuals for the 1820. https://www.esscoaircraft.com/c-7656-wright-aeronautical-gr-1820-series.aspx |
Topic: R-3350 Main Bearings |
klankenau
Replies: 2
Views: 3932
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Forum: Wright Engines Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 15:23 Subject: R-3350 Main Bearings |
Austin 7 uses ball bearings for the front & rear main bearings.... oh, you said "modern engine"... sorry! |
Topic: Allison V1710 magneto caps |
klankenau
Replies: 0
Views: 3956
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 17:32 Subject: Allison V1710 magneto caps |
Thanks to the staff at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, we are now making magneto caps for Alllison V12's. These should be up on our website soon. |
Topic: British Thomson-Houston magneto caps & rotors |
klankenau
Replies: 1
Views: 6061
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 17:27 Subject: British Thomson-Houston magneto caps & rotors |
We are in the process of making distributor caps (CX71374/1 LH and CX71372/1 RH) and rotors for British Thomson-Houston magnetos as fitted to de Havilland Gypsy Six engines.
If anyone knows the cor ... |
Topic: Righter drone engine timing covers |
klankenau
Replies: 0
Views: 3756
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 17:14 Subject: Righter drone engine timing covers |
At the specific request of Tom Fey and for those collectors who are into smaller engines, we've made tooling to reproduce the metal timing covers for Righter drone engines, part number 6299 (and 44A10 ... |
Topic: Liberty 8 distributor caps |
klankenau
Replies: 0
Views: 4379
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:25 Subject: Liberty 8 distributor caps |
We just made a couple of Liberty 8 distributor caps for the National Museum of the United States Air Force. They are now fitted to an original engine whose restoration is now complete. Considering t ... |
Topic: Nelson H-44 engine |
klankenau
Replies: 6
Views: 12510
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Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:11 Subject: Nelson H-44 engine |
Considering the production quantity, application and era, any "manuals" were most likely limited to several pages of basic information, typewritten and mimeographed.
An interesting piece ... |
Topic: Greatest Aero Engine Ever |
klankenau
Replies: 12
Views: 21276
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Forum: Non-Technical Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 14:33 Subject: Greatest Aero Engine Ever |
Prior to the Gnome, "dependable" would not be a term generally thought of when referring to an aero engine. It's simplicity and dependability revolutionized the scene just in time for the G ... |
Topic: British Thomson-Houston magneto caps & rotors |
klankenau
Replies: 1
Views: 6061
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 14:47 Subject: British Thomson-Houston magneto caps & rotors |
We have just started making distributor caps (CX158600) and rotors (CX96376/1) for British Thomson-Houston CD6A magneto distributors as fitted to de Havilland Gypsy Queen (6 cylinder) engines.
This ... |
Topic: Gnome 160 magneto control |
klankenau
Replies: 0
Views: 4944
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:14 Subject: Gnome 160 magneto control |
We just made a small number of magneto control heads for Gnome 160. Wish I could provide a part number, but haven't been able to find one. They look like a hockey puck with a number of carbon brushe ... |
Topic: Bosch HL-8 magneto caps |
klankenau
Replies: 1
Views: 6819
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Forum: For Sale Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 18:44 Subject: Bosch HL-8 magneto caps |
I was going through my copies of Torque Meter and noticed that on the cover of the issue that contained "Re-inventing the Liberty Cap" was a photo of the Bugatti U-16. Ironically, several y ... |
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