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I've seen a couple of different airplanes with contra
rotating props, most recently the Reno racer Mustang Precious Metal. Not the
fastest Mustang but maybe the coolest.
But that wasn’t the point of the post. The thing that
got my attention was the cooling inlet in the spinner. Never seen that before.
Probably a good thing - I might have been tempted to try to copy
it.
Mike
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:25 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: interesting cooling idea
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Thomas Mann
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:12
PM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: interesting
cooling idea
Actually that
was the real deal. A prototype was built in 1941.
http://www.luft46.com/fw/fwbmw802.html
The engineers on
all sides were really coming up with some creative
solutions.
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:37
PM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
interesting cooling idea
While looking around on the web
for info on Rhino I came across these models of an airplane labeled an FW-802.
I don’t know if it was ever real, a prototype, or nothing more than an artist
conception. But a pretty intriguing idea.
There is a YouTube video of the startup of a Spitfire with contra-rotating
props at
Mark S.
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