X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 616735 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:30:16 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.35; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r4.1.) id q.209.5d99f54 (15699) for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:29:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mblk-d39 (mblk-d39.mblk.aol.com [205.188.212.223]) by air-id05.mx.aol.com (v106.2) with ESMTP id MAILINID51-3d5342e7c4742b0; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:29:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:29:23 -0400 Message-Id: <8C760E7DD6DE62D-804-27A1@mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com> From: wrjjrs@aol.com References: Received: from 66.127.99.234 by mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com (205.188.212.223) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:29:23 -0400 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-MB-Message-Type: User In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 1.1.0.13360 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: different take on the P-38 issue Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MailBlocks_8C760E7DD397287_804_25CD_mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net X-AOL-IP: 205.188.212.223 X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MailBlocks_8C760E7DD397287_804_25CD_mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" There is a 1/2 scale P-38 that Walter Treadwell a member of my EAA chapter built running 2 Suzuki Swift 4 cyls and using a belt reduction drive, I believe that is the one that was featured in Kitplanes. He is based in Livermore Ca (KLVK). (BTW he built the plane totally from scratch and his new project is the Johnson wax flying boat.) Bill Jepson -----Original Message----- From: david mccandless To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:24:15 +0800 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: different take on the P-38 issue Hi P38 fans, There are a couple of scale P 38s around, one with Menasco Pirate engines and the other with Walter LOM engines. I think one was featured in Kitplanes. For the record the DeHavelland Hornet had left and right turning Merlins. There was a LH Merlin for sale here in Australia a few months back for $15000, still in the packing crate. The RAAF had 12 Hornets, but never flew them operationally. I once met the test pilot who flew them to the graveyard; he said he held the record between Sydney and Brisbane in a Hornet until B727s came into service in the early 60s Just for interest, Dave McC On 27/07/2005, at 3:04 PM, Todd Bartrim wrote: > Yeah, I've thought of this too. How cool would that project be? The > garage that I'm building will have a 27' door and will be the home of > many future projects, but I've got a long list of possible projects > and this one just got added to the list. > Todd (if there is no rest for the wicked, then I must have been a real > bad teenager) >> >> To make this a more "on-topic" discussion, wouldn't the rotary make >> a perfect engine for a P-38 replica! PP rotaries will run in either >> direction as well so you could even do the counter rotating props! >> Spur gear PSRU (Mistral or Powersport) would work fine backward. Just >> dreaming. >> Bill Jepson ----------MailBlocks_8C760E7DD397287_804_25CD_mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

There is a 1/2 scale P-38 that Walter Treadwell a member of my EAA chapter built running 2 Suzuki Swift 4 cyls and using a belt reduction drive, I believe that is the one that was featured in Kitplanes. He is based in Livermore Ca (KLVK). (BTW he built the plane totally from scratch and his new project is the Johnson wax flying boat.)

Bill Jepson

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From: david mccandless <daval@iprimus.com.au>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:24:15 +0800
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: different take on the P-38 issue

Hi P38 fans,
There are a couple of scale P 38s around, one with Menasco Pirate engines and the other with Walter LOM engines. I think one was featured in Kitplanes. For the record the DeHavelland Hornet had left and right turning Merlins. There was a LH Merlin for sale here in Australia a few months back for $15000, still in the packing crate. The RAAF had 12 Hornets, but never flew them operationally. I once met the test pilot who flew them to the graveyard; he said he held the record between Sydney and Brisbane in a Hornet until B727s came into service in the early 60s
Just for interest, Dave McC
On 27/07/2005, at 3:04 PM, Todd Bartrim wrote:

> Yeah, I've thought of this too. How cool would that project be? The > garage that I'm building will have a 27' door and will be the home of > many future projects, but I've got a long list of possible projects > and this one just got added to the list.
> Todd (if there is no rest for the wicked, then I must have been a real > bad teenager)
>>
>> To make this a more "on-topic" discussion, wouldn't the rotary make >> a perfect engine for a P-38 replica! PP rotaries will run in either >> direction as well so you could even do the counter rotating props! >> Spur gear PSRU (Mistral or Powersport) would work fine backward. Just >> dreaming.
>> Bill Jepson

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