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[Dave6T4]

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If memory serves me correctly, that Napier V-12 employed sleeve valves, rather than normal poppet valves. This would make it a very complicated engine to build and maintain.

 

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Harmon Rocket. Almost as fun as a P-51.

 

[Photon440]

101 years old today...

 

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[AR67GTX]

101 years old today...
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Well, that beat us by a couple of decades, 23 years to be exact.

 

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[69 Sleeper Bee]

 

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[Photon440]

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All the power of those Wright R1820 engines is transferred to the prop via a thrust bearing like this;