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Yet Another Name That Engine - Solved! Bristol Hercules
« on: April 22, 2007, 07:40:59 AM »
Lookit all dem gears!
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2007, 09:52:08 AM »
Looks like they set the pre-load wrong between on row two, gear 4, and row three, gear 5. That's gonna be a problem!

(Kidding, of course, but damn! I sure wouldn't want to try to set lash and load on that rig!)
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2007, 02:28:17 PM »
Bristol Centaurus
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2007, 02:59:48 PM »
Dunno if you're right or not, but it certainly could be. Just looking at an image of a Centaurus makes any mechanical bent that I possess simply wither. I love working on stuff but that there is an engine that makes me want to take up knitting.
 


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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2007, 04:22:41 AM »
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2007, 05:34:53 AM »
Hercules, then.
Certainly a Bristol sleeve-valve job!
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2007, 05:48:03 AM »
Yes!
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Re: Yet Another Name That Engine - Solved! Bristol Hercules
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2007, 06:06:18 AM »
I didn't bother to count that there were valve drive trains only 7 cylinders (per row) as in Hercules, not the 9 of the Centaurus!
Eat your heart out Pratt & Whitney!
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