The International Cessna^® 170 Association

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.

What's it supposed to do?

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.

Yes Richard, but it would certainly pass California's emissions tests.

It looks like a big fan to keep the hot driver cool. In CA, it has very hot spots in some areas .

John

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.

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.

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.

That's where the engine went from my Stearman

He may not have to smog test it, but the exhaust smoke would probably get him stopped as a gross poluter.

lowNslow wrote:

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.

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.

Yeah...but that 3-foot dia. food processor behind it will bring the lawyers out in the open!

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

bagarre wrote:
Evidently he put a prop back on it and wants to take it to Bonneville.

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!

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.