Engine & how they packed them for storage/transport WWII

[Glen in Orlando[_3_]]

The engine storage hangar at Fantasy of Flight has a about 150 old
engines... WWI and WWII mostly.
This is how they were crated/shipped (I believe the guide said this was an
engine out of an F-4U Corsair.
Anyway... the engine is mounted onto this barrel as you can see. another
barrel is lowered over the engine and bolted to the lower half barrel. Then
they simply rolled them on/of transports, boats, etc...
pretty ingenious.

[Alan Erskine[_3_]]

"Glen in Orlando >>" > wrote in message
g.com...
> The engine storage hangar at Fantasy of Flight has a about 150 old
> engines... WWI and WWII mostly.
> This is how they were crated/shipped (I believe the guide said this was an
> engine out of an F-4U Corsair.
> Anyway... the engine is mounted onto this barrel as you can see. another
> barrel is lowered over the engine and bolted to the lower half barrel.
> Then
> they simply rolled them on/of transports, boats, etc...
> pretty ingenious.
>
>
>

Very clever indeed. I would think they'd be able to do this with radial
engines, but in-line engines would be conventional crates.

[Mr Bill]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:12:17 GMT, "Alan Erskine" >
wrote:

>"Glen in Orlando >>" > wrote in message
g.com...
>> The engine storage hangar at Fantasy of Flight has a about 150 old
>> engines... WWI and WWII mostly.
>> This is how they were crated/shipped (I believe the guide said this was an
>> engine out of an F-4U Corsair.
>> Anyway... the engine is mounted onto this barrel as you can see. another
>> barrel is lowered over the engine and bolted to the lower half barrel.
>> Then
>> they simply rolled them on/of transports, boats, etc...
>> pretty ingenious.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Very clever indeed. I would think they'd be able to do this with radial
>engines, but in-line engines would be conventional crates.
>

You could put the in-lines in a longer narrower barrel... The metal case is
water/fluid tight and will stack just like petrol drums.

Mr. Bill


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