Rivet
Airman 1st Class
The Heinkel 177 of World War Two infamy was powered by a coupled engine design, the Daimler-Benz 610. It appears that this concept was not new to German aviation practice, having seen extensive use in WWI R-Plane (Heavy Aircraft) development. Lack of suitably powerful engines and the desire to reduce drag by burying the powerplants inside the fuselage led to the need for robust, lightweight power transmission. I have several views of the external layout of these gizmos, does anyone know of a source of images of the internal layout of these mechanisms? Location of patent drawings? Regards.
Haddow, George W. and Grosz, Peter M., The German Giants: The Story of the R-Planes 1914-1919, (1962, 3rd ed. 1988), ISBN 0-85177-812-7 Definitive text on the subject with period German Army Airforce command structure information not found elsewhere.
Haddow, George W. and Grosz, Peter M., The German Giants: The Story of the R-Planes 1914-1919, (1962, 3rd ed. 1988), ISBN 0-85177-812-7 Definitive text on the subject with period German Army Airforce command structure information not found elsewhere.
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