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From: vifer on 4 Sep 2007 09:29 On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:38:11 GMT, Aido <cb600shornet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >http://www.fotothing.com/photos/f83/f83248eb0f132c80d9f1549945df3989_1f7.jpg > hmm...not much clearance between the seat and that rear tyre, should it expand with the CF forces. vifer
From: Toosmoky on 4 Sep 2007 09:52 Aido wrote: > His V-twin project you mention wasn't as big as this German bike though. > Luckys V-twin was the front 2 cylinders from the engine out of a P51 > Mustang WW2 fighterplane Actually it was originally from a Mosquito. -- Toosmoky Work to ride, Ride to Work... http://users.tpg.com.au/smokey61
From: Zebee Johnstone on 4 Sep 2007 16:41 In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:24:31 GMT Aido <cb600shornet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > His V-twin project you mention wasn't as big as this German bike though. > Luckys V-twin was the front 2 cylinders from the engine out of a P51 > Mustang WW2 fighterplane, He ran 2 drive chains to the rear wheel on the I'd be bloody surprised as it was a Rolls Royce Merlin. Didn't think the Yanks were using RR motors in Mustangs. Zebee
From: Aeek on 4 Sep 2007 18:05 On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:29:17 +1000, vifer .@. wrote: >On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:38:11 GMT, Aido <cb600shornet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>http://www.fotothing.com/photos/f83/f83248eb0f132c80d9f1549945df3989_1f7.jpg >> > >hmm...not much clearance between the seat and that rear tyre, should >it expand with the CF forces. > >vifer Who knows what those tyres are likely to do, they are operating well outside their designed parameters as aircraft tyres. Even as a drag bike, the short run and low speed turning should be ok but aircraft tyres aren't designed to have power go through them.
From: Toosmoky on 4 Sep 2007 18:05
Zebee Johnstone wrote: > I'd be bloody surprised as it was a Rolls Royce Merlin. Didn't think > the Yanks were using RR motors in Mustangs. The original donk for the Mustang was the American Allison V-12. The Allisons had poor high altitude performance and the first models of Mustangs made their name as ground attack aircraft. The RR Merlins used in the Mustangs were built in the U.S. by Packard and gave the Mustang much improved high altitude performance. Mustangs were built in Oz for the RAAF by the Commonwealth Aircraft Company, half of which used Packard-built Merlins, the other half using Rolls-Royce Merlins. Mustangs used as air racers in the U.S. today are mostly fitted with the more powerful Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 engines. -- Toosmoky Work to ride, Ride to Work... http://users.tpg.com.au/smokey61 |