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Re: [OM] [OT]Sopwith Camels

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT]Sopwith Camels
From: Charles Packard <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:48:08 -0600
As I recall these were called rotary engines. Where the engine cylinders are
arranged in a circular pattern around a fixed central shaft. This arrangement
aided in cooling the engine. It also caused enormous torque in the direction 
that
the engine rotates. That's why some of these WWI aircraft had very tight turning
capabilities in one direction and not the other.

Tmoynihan@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think this was peculiar (or nearly so) to the Rhone engines by the French.
> I recollect that the crankshaft was bolted to the firewall, and the engine
> turned around it, but if that were the case, I can't imagine how carburation,
> etc. would work.  I've probably got something mixed up in there!


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