Hi Folks, just ran into an interesting tidbit for Ford Flathead fans in
a 1935 aircraft engineering textbook.
In an appendix listing commercially available aero engines appears the
following item:
Ford V8 (W), rated 92 bhp @ 3900 rpm, weight 419 lbs.
Might this be a variant of our good old Flathead (21 stud early type)
produced for aero use? The weight of 419 lbs contrasts with the 575 lbs
previously reported for the car-type Flathead. Big difference.
All-aluminum?
That's all the info there was, and it ain't much. Anybody out there
know anything more in depth about this?? Cheers Bill
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