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Don Pyeatt
May 26th 07, 02:58 AM
I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of WWI.

Don

muff528
May 26th 07, 03:14 AM
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These look like radials.........Rotaries go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! ....and probably
hold oil better. :-)

Mitchell Holman[_2_]
May 26th 07, 03:42 AM
"muff528" > wrote in news:DKM5i.324$9G3.62@trnddc07:

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>>I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of
>>WWI.
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>> Don
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> These look like radials.........



The second one looks distinctly like the rotary
used in the DRI.

Ray O'Hara[_2_]
May 26th 07, 04:23 AM
"muff528" > wrote in message
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> >I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of WWI.
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> These look like radials.........Rotaries go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! ....and
probably
> hold oil better. :-)
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rotaries sprayed oil everywhere, its why they had the cowls open at the
bottom to let it drip out


they look like rotaries,

Guybrush Threepwood
May 26th 07, 12:35 PM
Very nice photos...Thanks Don. Do you have some more of them?

I think these are rotary engines, but I do not find the type. If german from the first world war it should be Oberursel rotary
engines, but they do not look like these ones.....They dom't either look like french Gnome Rhone engines though. I keep
searching.....

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Gruß Guybrush


"Don Pyeatt" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag ...
>I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of WWI.
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muff528
May 26th 07, 02:11 PM
"Ray O'Hara" > wrote in message
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>> "Don Pyeatt" > wrote in message
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>> >I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of
>> >WWI.
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>> > Don
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>> These look like radials.........Rotaries go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! ....and
> probably
>> hold oil better. :-)
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> rotaries sprayed oil everywhere, its why they had the cowls open at the
> bottom to let it drip out
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> they look like rotaries,
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Yes!.......I remembered that these engines (where the crank is bolted to the
airplane
and the prop is bolted to the engine case) were called rotaries
.........about 1 second
after I hit the "send" button, exposing my ignorance on this subject to all
of creation
for all of eternity. I was hoping noone would notice ;-)
Of course, because of my youth, I automatically think of the Wankel-types
when I
hear a reference to "rotary engine".

TP

Guybrush Threepwood
May 26th 07, 02:16 PM
acknowledged and accepted...:-)

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"muff528" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:UlW5i.99$WZ6.18@trnddc03...
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>>> "Don Pyeatt" > wrote in message
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>>> >I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of WWI.
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>>> > Don
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>>> These look like radials.........Rotaries go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! ....and
>> probably
>>> hold oil better. :-)
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>> rotaries sprayed oil everywhere, its why they had the cowls open at the
>> bottom to let it drip out
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>> they look like rotaries,
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> Yes!.......I remembered that these engines (where the crank is bolted to the airplane
> and the prop is bolted to the engine case) were called rotaries ........about 1 second
> after I hit the "send" button, exposing my ignorance on this subject to all of creation
> for all of eternity. I was hoping noone would notice ;-)
> Of course, because of my youth, I automatically think of the Wankel-types when I
> hear a reference to "rotary engine".
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> TP
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Ray O'Hara[_2_]
May 26th 07, 06:39 PM
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> >> >I believe some of these photos are of military surplus at the end of
> >> >WWI.
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> >> > Don
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> >> These look like radials.........Rotaries go Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! ....and
> > probably
> >> hold oil better. :-)
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> > rotaries sprayed oil everywhere, its why they had the cowls open at the
> > bottom to let it drip out
> >
> >
> > they look like rotaries,
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> Yes!.......I remembered that these engines (where the crank is bolted to
the
> airplane
> and the prop is bolted to the engine case) were called rotaries
> ........about 1 second
> after I hit the "send" button, exposing my ignorance on this subject to
all
> of creation
> for all of eternity. I was hoping noone would notice ;-)
> Of course, because of my youth, I automatically think of the Wankel-types
> when I
> hear a reference to "rotary engine".
>
> TP
>
>
>

needless to say they were very torquy.

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