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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:59:47 +0200, "Anno v. Heimburg"
wrote: Bret Ludwig wrote: Automobile engines function well in their intended application: delivering low cruising power in vehicles with well designed transmissions and power trains. Using them successfully in an airplane requires continuous high power outputs and reduction systems coupled to the propeller. This is completely foreign to their design intent. Join me for a drive in the off-peak hours on the Autobahn and then tell me again that auto engines can't stand continuous high power output. In German, there's even a word for that: "vollgasfest", roughly "full-throttle safe", indicating that an engine is fit for continuous operation at full throttle. Engines that aren't full-throttle safe don't sell in Germany and are cause of ridicule, as FIAT had to learn the hard way. Anno. Anno for the benefit of guys like me who havent been to Germany or for that matter the Northern Territory(no speed limit at all) which are the vollgasfest engines? serious question. Stealth Pilot |
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Dave Stadt wrote: Don't forget the Lycoming powered mighty Checker Marathon. Lot of tractors running around with Continentals also. At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it. But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg family. |
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Stealth Pilot wrote:
Anno for the benefit of guys like me who havent been to Germany or for that matter the Northern Territory(no speed limit at all) which are the vollgasfest engines? The problems were back in the 70s and earlier. Since the 80s, most cars sold* in Germany are vollgasfest. The Audi/VW, BMW and Mercedes probably get the worst abuse because they are frequently used as company cars (and lots of companys give company cars to their employees for tax reasons) and rentals. Diesels are supposed to be particularly tough. I'ld be a bit careful with the highly charged gasoline ones such as the big Volvo 5-cyl, but that may be me being irrational. Anno. *) Note: Sold, not produced. Includes non-German carmakes. Trying to categorize cars by country of origin gets increasingly difficult and pointless anyway, as evidenced by the Cadillac BLS, which is an American-branded car based on the German Opel Vectra platform and being produced in the Saab plant in Trollhättan, Sweden. And we haven't even glanced at the suppliers. |
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Anno v. Heimburg wrote:
The problems were back in the 70s and earlier. Just realised that I could have made that clearer in my original post, sorry. |
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Bret Ludwig wrote: At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it. But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg family. ***Warning: thread creep*** Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an air-cooled flat six? |
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"Kingfish" wrote in egroups.com... Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an air-cooled flat six? The Tucker engine is a modified air-cooled Franklin helicopter engine: H-6, 335 cid, 166 bhp. JP |
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Kingfish wrote:
***Warning: thread creep*** Didn't the Tucker have a Lyc or Cont engine? ISTR reading years back that it was powered by a helicopter engine. I assume that means an air-cooled flat six? When Tucker was having trouble with their own engine design, they bought out Franklin and converted one of the Franklin engines to water cooled. When Franklin went belly-up, the Franklin engine division was sold off. Tony |
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"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message ups.com... Dave Stadt wrote: Don't forget the Lycoming powered mighty Checker Marathon. Lot of tractors running around with Continentals also. At one time I owned a early Checker Marathon which had been powered with a Continental flathead six and had a Buick V6 when I bought it. But I am pretty sure Lyc did not build any industrial/vehicle engines after WWII. Oliver/Cockshutt, I think, used Continentals along with dozens of cars, light trucks, (Jeep used a Continental flathead at one time), Hobart welders, gen sets, Zambonis-they were very popular and all the ag and forklift vendors still support (most of) them. But to my knowledge Lycoming cars were limited to the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg family. You are correct they were Continentals in the Checker. |
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