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Pure mechanical violence from a 53-litre aircraft engine
The Bristol Centaurus is a 53-litre radial engine from an era when aircraft relied on raw displacement and mechanical force.
While Rob Dahm’s garage is no stranger to monstrous rotary engines, including four-rotor units cranking out more than 1,000 horsepower, this one is mind-bending. Here we have a massive, ...
The revitalization of the Meyers Manx brand over the past few years has been thrilling to watch, as the dune buggy company gears up to launch its wholly new Manx 2.0 EV alongside the classic kits and ...
The Twin Cat was a late 1970s/early '80s supplemental type certificate (STC) modification for the Grumman Super Ag Cat, replacing its single radial engine with two Lycoming flat-6 engines to offer ...
Power rating: 89.5 kW (120 hp) at 960 rpm Displacement: 7.3 L (447 cu in.) Bore and Stroke: 144 mm (5.6 in.) x 114 mm (4.5 in.) In 1925 the Fairchild-Caminez Engine Corporation was formed and ...
Today is a special day in US aviation, withengine maker Pratt & Whitney marking 100 years since it was incorporated. The firm has since gone on to revolutionize both military and commercial flying ...
Bore and Stroke: 156 mm (6.125 in.) x 174 mm (6.875 in.) The Wright Cyclone series began in 1924 with a U.S. Navy contract for a nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine having approximately the same ...
In 1925, the Wasp was a leap forward in aircraft power, reliability, and performance – one that rocketed the trajectory of aviation technology into the post-war era. Its nine-cylinder, air-cooled ...
Based on a Wright R-975 Whirlwind radial engine, the Hackel-Wright Chopper is unlike any motorcycle you've seen before. It borrows components from Harley and Toyota and is built by a guy named Al ...
It began with one man’s vision that the best airplane can only be designed around the best engine. That philosophy of Pratt & Whitney founder Frederick B Rentschler still applies today as the business ...
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