On 2011-10-28 19:21:48 -0700, Richard said:

On 10/28/2011 7:52 PM, John Szalay wrote:
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That's not your average Battle. Contra rotating props?

And in USA markings?

From Wikipedia: "Battle K9370 was used to test the Fairey Monarch
2,000+ hp (1,490+ kW) aero-engine with electrically-controlled
three-blade contra- rotating propellers in 1939. According to Jane's
All the World's Aircraft 1946-47, the aircraft was shipped to the
U.S.A. after 86 hours test time."

There also seem to be a strange set of unexplained exhaust headers
protruding low on the forward fuselage.
What were those hooked up to?


Perhaps



With the turbo charger attached to the crank case, what's the
possibility this was a two-stroke engine?

With a turbo charger on each side it looks more like an "X-24"?
Probably one V-12 on top of an inverted V-12. No wonder the P-47 ended
up with the Twin-Wasp R-2800-59.

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Savageduck