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Well, You missed a few ......
Posted by Christer on Tue May 07, 2002 05:38:30 AM
In reply top Things that never occur to you.... posted by Paul McMillan on Mon May 06, 2002 04:57:55 PM
Condor, an enlarged Eagel
Buzzard, ancestor of the Griffon
Goshawk, a late development of the Kestrel with evaporative cooling
There were exceptions however:
Exe, not a bird of prey I guess but, an aircooled sleeve valve engine with 24 cylinders, 4 rows in X-layout.
It was installed in a Fairey Battle for flight testing but, it was abandoned at the outbreak of war to concentrate on the Merlin. The Battle was used as a communication aircraft during the war.
Pennine, an enlarged development of the Exe and still not a bird of prey, I think. Testbed run early in 1945 and then abandoned.
Crecy, to my knowledge not a bird of prey. Dr SG Hooker described the 4-stroke engine as having one stroke to produce power and three to wear it out. Therefore a 26 litres, 12 cylinder, 90 degree V, sleeve valve, TWO-STROKE engine was designed. The original project was for a diesel but, in 1939 it was reverted to petrol and in 1945 it was abandoned.
(I would have "enjoyed" hearing that at full throttle, at least at a distance!)
Now, You?ll have to excuse my ignorance but,
isn?t Exe a river?
isn?t Pennine a mountain ridge somewhere and a ridge without a river isn?t a real ridge?
isn?t Cr?cy a location in France where the british and the french had an "argumentation" in the 14th century and there must be a river somewhere nearby?