I understand that postwar some Bristol radials were used as engines in busses.
Love to see? I suspect something like a Lucifer or a Titan?
Bristol did make buses before they started with aeroplanes.
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I understand that postwar some Bristol radials were used as engines in busses.
The more problematic obstacle to the Jumo 205 in WW2 is that 2-stroke opposed piston engines inherently have greater scavenging and thermal constraints than conventionnal 4-stroke engines. They work best when the transmission has excellent torque coverage, ideally hydromechanical types. WW2 transmissions are purely mechanical so the Jumo would face much the same constraints as the 5TD did in T-64 and the L60 in Chieftain...but probably worse. 1930's and WW2 tank designers simply didn't and couldn't put in the effort to make this work when there were simpler and in practice better solutions.
Other than similar displacement and being a V-12 made of aluminum, not much- but did see the Merlin Drawings. Inspired, but hardly a cloneBut It Just So Happened that Ford later brought out a tank engine that greatly resembled the You Know What.
Whitworth alone would have prevented that.Inspired, but hardly a clone
Did have a proper V-12 for the US true Heavy Tank Prototypes, the T29 and up.Ford had problems with these big engines, the V-12 was only ever really prototypes. The V-8 derivatives did find applications in vehicles, after considerable development.
Anyone have the firm date where the Ramp Head Merlin design was jettisoned for the later Merlin?With regard to Ford USA and the RR Merlin, there is no doubt that Ford would take note of all details and technology that they could from their association with the RR product in the early days.
HiAnyone have the firm date where the Ramp Head Merlin design was jettisoned for the later Merlin?
In 1939, Ford should have only been seeing the revised Mk1 Merlin, correct?