I'm not BL, but that is a Continental W670 tank engine.
I can't quite put my finger on it but something tells me that would not be an OSHA approved installation.
Radial engine startup
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hilltop170
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1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
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Yes Richard, but it would certainly pass California's emissions tests.hilltop170 wrote:I'm not BL, but that is a Continental W670 tank engine.
I can't quite put my finger on it but something tells me that would not be an OSHA approved installation.
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n3833v
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It looks like a big fan to keep the hot driver cool. In CA, it has very hot spots in some areas 
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blueldr
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I think Richard Pulley has it right. The fan apparently being used for cooling would lead me to think the same. The only other seven cylinder engine that looks at all like that would be a Wright Whrlwind. A seven cylinder Jacobs looks different in my memory.
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It says in the "About" that it is indeed a W670-9A engine. In California there is no need to smog for model years 1974 and prior.blueldr wrote:I think Richard Pulley has it right. The fan apparently being used for cooling would lead me to think the same. The only other seven cylinder engine that looks at all like that would be a Wright Whrlwind. A seven cylinder Jacobs looks different in my memory.
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That's where the engine went from my Stearman
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blueldr
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He may not have to smog test it, but the exhaust smoke would probably get him stopped as a gross poluter.
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Yeah...but that 3-foot dia. food processor behind it will bring the lawyers out in the open!lowNslow wrote:It says in the "About" that it is indeed a W670-9A engine. In California there is no need to smog for model years 1974 and prior.blueldr wrote:I think Richard Pulley has it right. The fan apparently being used for cooling would lead me to think the same. The only other seven cylinder engine that looks at all like that would be a Wright Whrlwind. A seven cylinder Jacobs looks different in my memory.
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bagarre
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http://www.enginelabs.com/news/radial-e ... onneville/
Evidently he put a prop back on it and wants to take it to Bonneville.
Did you know that light aircraft need 100 to 120mph of runway speed to take off? Says so in the article
Evidently he put a prop back on it and wants to take it to Bonneville.
Did you know that light aircraft need 100 to 120mph of runway speed to take off? Says so in the article
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hilltop170
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So do they have a class at Bonneville for going backwards? That thing is total BS if he's claiming it is prop driven. The propwash is blowing forward!bagarre wrote:
Evidently he put a prop back on it and wants to take it to Bonneville.
Richard Pulley
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1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
2023 Best Original 170A at Sault Ste. Marie
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
2023 Best Original 170A at Sault Ste. Marie
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
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blueldr
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He would have to find a pusher prop and a tank engine did not have the same #10 SAE spline shaft as an aeronautical Continental R-670.
BL
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