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 Topic: Brownback Tiger C-400 |
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| lmoretti Replies: 6 Views: 16299 |
 Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 09:23 Subject: Update |
| It must be nearly ten years that I have been going at this and it should be on short finals.
The engine has a new crankshaft, as I wrote last year, and is now back together. Should run on the test s ... |
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| Topic: Brownback Tiger C-400 |
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| lmoretti Replies: 6 Views: 16299 |
Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:39 Subject: New crankshaft |
| After finding a crack in the prop hub keyway, it was necessary to REBUILD a NEW crankshaft for my 1929 Brownback Tiger C400 engine.
Something that had not happened since 1929. Thanks to R&R Indu ... |
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| Topic: Opposed Piston Engines |
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| lmoretti Replies: 2 Views: 5932 |
Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:45 Subject: Opposed piston engines |
| I got the book and think that it is very good.
At 563 pages it is substantial but it thoroughly covers the development of opposed piston engines in all fileds, automotive, aviation, marine and statio ... |
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| Topic: VW Bugatti Veyron Engine |
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| lmoretti Replies: 2 Views: 7729 |
Forum: Recip Engines 1920=> Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 15:57 Subject: VW Bugatti Veyron Engine |
| I know it is not an aircraft engine, but at 1200 Hp, derated (!!!) to 1000 Hp, the Bugatti Veyron would be a beautiful one. W16, quad turbo and max torque flat between 2200-5000 rpm! | |
| Topic: French language book on Pierre Clerget |
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| lmoretti Replies: 4 Views: 5627 |
Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 23:58 Subject: Clerget Book |
| A French colleague received it for Christmas from his father and has lent me the book a week or so ago.
Excellent reading. Sometimes the technical portion could be more thorough, but this is a very p ... |
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| Topic: 1910 Fiat S76 Airship Engine. (28 litre, 4 cylinders !) |
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| lmoretti Replies: 3 Views: 11726 |
Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 15:42 Subject: Fiat S76A engine |
| One such engine is exhibited at the Politecnico di Torino engine collection, in Turin, Italy.
What is the subject of the restoration? |
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| Topic: Brownback Tiger C-400 |
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| lmoretti Replies: 6 Views: 16299 |
Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 16:39 Subject: Counterbalances |
| I gave up trying to copy them since I could not lay my hands on an original and just redesigned them from the cross sectional drawing of the engine I had in a brochure.
The missing dimensions were de ... |
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| Topic: Experimental and Odd-Ball Engines |
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| lmoretti Replies: 6 Views: 19642 |
Forum: Authors' Corner Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 19:04 Subject: McMaster Motor |
| There was an excellent presentation, with rapid prototype model of the engine which really made clear the concept, at the last American Helicopter Society Forum in Phoenix in summer 2003. I had to see ... | |
| Topic: inertial starters |
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| lmoretti Replies: 3 Views: 8565 |
Forum: Wants Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 22:16 Subject: Engine inertial starters |
| There is a book, "Aircraft and Power Plant Accessory Equipment" with a lot of good info.
Published 1941 by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., Author Sydney H. Webster, Eclipse Aviation. My copy use ... |
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| Topic: Brownback Tiger C-400 |
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| lmoretti Replies: 6 Views: 16299 |
Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 13:14 Subject: Brownback Tiger C-400 |
| Would anybody have any data or drawings for the Brownback Tiger C-400 engine?
It is a static six-cylinder twin-row radial built in the late Twenties by the Light Foundry and Manufacturing Company of ... |
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