At an auto museum north of the Twin Cities is a Sherman tank engine that is
essentially 3 V-6s grouped around a single crank. It sure is an unsightly beast
and apparently it was the worst power/weight of all Sherman engines tried, but
those were desperate times...
Phil Vanner
They also have an all British swap meet in August... (slight LBC content)
On Monday, June 19, 2000 2:39 PM, Jeff Boatright [SMTP:jboatri@emory.edu]
wrote:
> The US M4 Sherman originally used the R975 Wright radial. The tank
> was built in largest numbers with a Ford V8, though. The US M3A3
> Stuart light tank used a 250 hp 7 cylinder radial Continental, later
> replaced by a Cadillac V8. The Canadian RAM 1 and 2 tanks used
> radials also. Must've been hot work...
>
> At 2:58 PM -0400 6/19/00, Michael Lupynec wrote:
> >There was a 9 cylinder 450 HP radial, a 975 E-3 Wright Whirlwind
> >mounted vertically in some WWII tank.
> >
> >Mike Lupynec
> >60A,67E,59Bug
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <conan@ralvm8.vnet.ibm.com>
> >To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: June 19, 2000 1:19 PM
> >Subject: Sweet Sounds (not much lbc anymore...)
> >
> >
> > > Wasn't there a tank (WWII?) that used a radial aircraft engine
> > > mounted horizontally? Maybe you could use that transmission to
> > > adapt your radial to the Spridget. Add tracks and one-up the
> >guy
> > > with the 4x4 Midget in California...
> > > Ed in NC :-)
> > >
>
>
> _____________________________________________________________
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
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