Re: Continental TSOL-300-2
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 4:51 pm
If those engines turned at 2700 RPM, I wonder how they reduced it to turn a 16 ft. prop and what the reduction ratio had to be. Sixteen foot props would have to turn pretty slow to keep the tip speed down to a usable speed.
A good many people fail to realize that just about all engines over 400 HP have reduced drives to the propeller shaft.
I remember that the R-3350 engines on the B-29 turned at 20 to 7. Those props were 16ft. , I believe.
When the engines were making 2000 RPM, the props were turning at 700. I think most of the engines on Gooney Birds ran at about 16 to 9.
A good many people fail to realize that just about all engines over 400 HP have reduced drives to the propeller shaft.
I remember that the R-3350 engines on the B-29 turned at 20 to 7. Those props were 16ft. , I believe.
When the engines were making 2000 RPM, the props were turning at 700. I think most of the engines on Gooney Birds ran at about 16 to 9.