London Science Museum pt 2, Gnome rotary engine

[gryshnak]

A Gnome rotary engine.  I didn't pay much attention to this until I started designing planes in FS9, then I wanted to go back and take a closer look!






The bit at the back which nobody ever sees, that funnel shaped bit at the rear is the air intake.

[Threadkiller]

great stuff, is there a data page or something you can upload that to for reference?

i think Stiz is collecting WWI reference material for a website but im not too sure...im sure he'll appreciate those

great pix man!

[gryshnak]

The originals are available to anyone who wants them.  They're all .jpg files, resolution 3456 x 2304, and they take up about 2.4MB each.  Squeezing them down to 100kb for SimV really hurt!

Gryshnak

[ozzy72]

Fozzer will love these!

[C]

Needs attaching to an aeroplane...

[beaky]

Those old "monosoupappe" (single-valve) rotaries are tough little suckers- there are quite a few original Gnomes still flying. Nothing like the sound of one of those...