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Steam Power...
In my wiki-ing I ran across the bristol Tramp - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Tramp Which lead to finding the Besler's successful test of a Travel Air 2000 All of this led to the light bulb moment of with all the ridiculous non-Av Gas power plants why aren't more people working on...- bfanger
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- Forum: Hangar Flying - Off Topic
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Transferring prop loading to airframe
Aircraft engines are somewhat of an oddity to me in that the thrust is carried by the crank and transferred to the engine case on its way to the airframe. In an auto engine, only the torque is transferred to other components that make the thrust to move the vehicle. I could imagine that the...- bfanger
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- Forum: Volkswagen
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1915 VW for CH 701
I finally decided to start building something instead of just researching airplanes on the internet. I've decided on the CH 701 purely due to budget and the length of my back yard (980 ft @ 5450 MSL). Now I'm in the process of working out my time line and budget. The VW engine is my obvious...- bfanger
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- Forum: Volkswagen