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  1. 8th December 2012, 05:13 PM #1
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    AERO PACKARD 41 Litre V12

    Google search for Aero Packard Flyer Dream Rod.

    A most impressive vehicle even if almost useless other than show or demonstration. Wonderful workmanship.

    Built by the same people who built Jay Leno's similar vehicle with the tank engine.

    The link leads to a lot of other interesting stuff.
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  2. 9th December 2012, 12:11 AM #2
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    Are you referring to this?
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN73jl3DQK8]1946 Aero Packard Flyer Dream Rod - YouTube[/ame]

    All very nice and gleaming like California (Commiefornia) dreaming, including the glitz and glitter.

    I much prefer the down and get dirty approach being Rat Rod nut!
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt3vefBx9C0]welderupburnout - YouTube[/ame]
    Smokin!
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  3. 9th December 2012, 06:53 AM #3
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    That's the one.
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  4. 9th December 2012, 08:52 AM #4
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    Hmm, I wonder if Dellow make an adaptor to bolt one of those engines up to an LT77 ?

    Would the original purpose of that engine have been for a single engined plane or multi engined? I 'm just wondering if the engine would spin the propeller or the other way round.
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  5. 9th December 2012, 09:58 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by wagoo View Post
    Hmm, I wonder if Dellow make an adaptor to bolt one of those engines up to an LT77 ?

    Would the original purpose of that engine have been for a single engined plane or multi engined? I 'm just wondering if the engine would spin the propeller or the other way round.
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    They were marine engines from WW2. PT Boats, motor gunboats, etc. Three of them in a PT boat. How would you like to receive the monthly account for Avgas used by one of those boats.
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  6. 9th December 2012, 09:58 AM #6
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    They were used on both single and multi engined aircraft.
    Yes, the engine spun the propeller; you are thinking of the rotary engines from the first world war where the radial engine itself rotated as the crank was stationary, as in bolted to the airframe, and the prop was bolted directly to the engine which rotated.
    I am glad those days are long gone; the modern turbine is so much easier to look after!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wagoo View Post
    Hmm, I wonder if Dellow make an adaptor to bolt one of those engines up to an LT77 ? ........


    Bill.
    Not sure about Dellow, but Rod Hadfield has some experience:
    Merlin V12 Powered 55 Chevy - YouTube

    Better than most of the US stuff IMHO.
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  8. 9th December 2012, 07:35 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Plane Fixer View Post
    They were used on both single and multi engined aircraft.
    Yes, the engine spun the propeller; you are thinking of the rotary engines from the first world war where the radial engine itself rotated as the crank was stationary, as in bolted to the airframe, and the prop was bolted directly to the engine which rotated.
    I am glad those days are long gone; the modern turbine is so much easier to look after!!
    Thanks, but no, I was half seriously thinking that such a powerful engine in a single engined fighter type plane may in some circumstances, spin the fuselage instead of the propellar. But as you can tell, I know nothing about aeroframes.
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