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Many years ago, No 2 son and I went to a VSCC day at Wiscombe Park in Devon. Lots of fairly amazing machinery in the paddock. We just ahppened to be stood by Chris Williams spot when he came back down the hill and as the young fella's eyes were out on stalks he hopped out and came straight over to us. "Young man.... you NEED to sit in that car..... hop in - just mind the exhaust it's still very toasty" So this happened  Had a bit of a look around - it's a hell of a beast and well used. It's pilot did mention that the fuel consumption was appalling and the tyre consumption (rears anyway) even worse. I did enjoy the small print!  There were at least two other aero-engine specials there. Both with Hispano Suiza V8s IIRC. One of them (possibly the one below) had only tiddly little rod-operated drum brakes on the rears and noting at at all on the front. It's driver reckoned that forward planning and anticipation were a key part of the driving experience!  And another  and this may explain the tyre consumption problem..... torque exceeds grip - massively |
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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In that case  I give you the jet Rover Well... If the Jet Rover is OK...  The Fiat Turbina.    |
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And this Triumph Spitfire, built in Tucson AZ.   |
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And the Howmet  The Howmet Your mother ? SCNR. There was also a jet powered loboy hotrod roadster I had seen in a 90s US hotrod magazine. |
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The 16 cylinder Monaco-Trossi. Don't even care of it worked or not, it looks so cool.  |
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Radial C10 pick up.  |
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Another that isn't strictly 'aero', but we can't forget the Megola, a German motorcycle form the 1920s with a five cylinder 650cc radial built into the front wheel.
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STP Paxton Indy car, with the driver on one side and the motor on the other. I'd probably want a good bit of metal between myself and one of these things on full chat too.   |
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That's different (well, obviously, it's a radial engine stuffed in a pickup) but I haven't seen one horizontally before. If it drives and isn't just a show queen I'd be interested to see the gearbox. Perhaps it's just like a monstrous Briggs & Stratton ride on mower. |
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Another that isn't strictly 'aero', but we can't forget the Megola, a German motorcycle form the 1920s with a five cylinder 650cc radial built into the front wheel.
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Rotary surely
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Interesting none the less. One cannot but wonder what it was like to ride - front wheel drive, massive unsprung weight, rotating mass.......
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WHY?
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2023 19:44:57 GMT by theoldman
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Yes, rotary indeed!
Why? I'd guess at simplicity (no gearbox or clutch - you had to turn the motor off to come to a stop) and I suppose copying what was being done with aircraft at the time. Cutting edge stuff for 1920. In fact, you have to wonder when the next bike with a five cylinder engine was built....? Never?
I doubt it was intended as a knee down type bike in any event.
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you have to wonder when the next bike with a five cylinder engine was built....? Never? Honda had a couple of tiny 125cc inline 5 cylinder race bikes in the 60s and more famously used a V5 engined GP race bike in the early 00s but certainly not a common configuration! If I could sneak another bike in, the "Flying Millyard" made by home engineer Allen Millyard has a 5 litre home made V twin using a couple of cylinders from a Pratt & Whitney Radial I believe usually found in a C-47 Dakota  |
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you have to wonder when the next bike with a five cylinder engine was built....? Never? Honda had a couple of tiny 125cc inline 5 cylinder race bikes in the 60s and more famously used a V5 engined GP race bike in the early 00s but certainly not a common configuration! If I could sneak another bike in, the "Flying Millyard" made by home engineer Allen Millyard has a 5 litre home made V twin using a couple of cylinders from a Pratt & Whitney Radial I believe usually found in a C-47 Dakota This guy did something similar.  And then he supercharged it...   |
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That looks like a really clean design for the time, bit of space to get a twin row radial in there as well 👀
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Another that isn't strictly 'aero', but we can't forget the Megola, a German motorcycle form the 1920s with a five cylinder 650cc radial built into the front wheel. The centrifugal force on those cylinder head nuts must be a unimaginable. And why don't the spark plug leads fly off. |
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