what has an R 3350 engine but doesnt fly?

[377 22]

Not a plane, definitely not jumpable, but still an amazing project using a Super Connie engine for a tractor.

2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

[fastphil 0]

Here's another radial engine application that may fly short distances...

[airtwardo 7]

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Here's another radial engine application that may fly short distances...

http://www.jrlcycles.com/page/page/4230884.htm
'nicer' pics



http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/10/radial-engine-powered-motorcycle/
Different angle, same idea.


http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm
P-51 powered! (actually mosquito)

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[NickDG 23]

Radial engines, mostly Continental 220s, were used in many WWII era tanks. The left over ones are what kept many Stearman dusters flying after the war . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXLL5hxkl58&mode=related&search=

NickD BASE 194

[riggerrob 643]

Yes, lots of American-made tanks had radial engines: M-3 Stuart light tanks, M-3 Lees, M-3 Grants, M-4 Sherman medium tanks, Priest self-propelled artillery, etc.

Similarly, most of Canadian-made Ram tanks and Sexton SP guns were powered by Wright(?) Continental (?) 975 radial engines.

A primary disadvantage of radial engines is that their drive shafts (from rear-mounted engines to forward transmissions) were suspended two or three feet above the belly plate, increasing the overall height of the hull, increasing the side profile etc. The only advantage of the raised drive shaft was that it allowed Sherman crews to stow 75 mm rounds VERTICALLY under the turret basket.
Ergo, Shermans were almost as tall as Tiger I tanks, but had nowhere near as much armor or firepower. This resulted in abnormally high casualty rates when Shermans tangled with Panzers.

For example, only one Sherman fought continuously from D-Day to VE Day ("Bomb" served with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment and retired to be come a war memorial in Sherbrooke, Quebec).
The Sherbrooke Fusiliers never allowed inferior tanks to slow them down. Major Radley-Walters even used a Sherman to end SS Panzer ace Michael Wittman's career.

[riggerrob 643]

That motorcycle is powered by an Australian-made Rotec radial engine, probably the only radial engine that started production in this century!