Sopwith Camel

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in
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That, dearhearts, is flying........

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in
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That, dearhearts, is flying........

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in message
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And I thought the traffic on the freeway was bad!


--
Alan Erskine

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in message
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And I thought the traffic on the freeway was bad!


--
Alan Erskine

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in
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Most replicas use radial engines, but this one
has an honest-to-god rotary. Does someone actually
still make them?

With some of the nasty tricks a Camel rotary can pull on a person,
authenticy can have its price. I'm not sure I'd want to do that even
if it's no longer the real thing. P.

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:47:31 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

"Glenn Alderton" wrote in
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Most replicas use radial engines, but this one
has an honest-to-god rotary. Does someone actually
still make them?

"Papa Fox" wrote in message
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With some of the nasty tricks a Camel rotary can pull on a person,
authenticy can have its price. I'm not sure I'd want to do that even
if it's no longer the real thing. P.


Authenticity does have it's price. I'm building a reproduction Curtis
JN-4D and people look at me like I got things growing out of the side of my
head when I tell them it will have an original OX-5 engine. They don't
realize that I am an engineer and I will be modifying the engine to make it
more reliable.


Luke

Even at its worst, the OX-5 wouldn't have the gyroscopic tricks in it
the Camel rotary exhibited - even more so than other rotaries with the
possible exception of the DR-I (IMHO). P.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:13:29 -0700, "Luke" wrote:


"Papa Fox" wrote in message
.. .
With some of the nasty tricks a Camel rotary can pull on a person,
authenticy can have its price. I'm not sure I'd want to do that even
if it's no longer the real thing. P.


Authenticity does have it's price. I'm building a reproduction Curtis
JN-4D and people look at me like I got things growing out of the side of my
head when I tell them it will have an original OX-5 engine. They don't
realize that I am an engineer and I will be modifying the engine to make it
more reliable.


Luke

"Papa Fox" wrote in message
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Even at its worst, the OX-5 wouldn't have the gyroscopic tricks in it
the Camel rotary exhibited - even more so than other rotaries with the
possible exception of the DR-I (IMHO). P.


Very true. Dealing with modifications to a cranky ingnition system and
an unreliable valve train are inconseqential compared to the basic dynamic
problems associated with rotary engines. When Jenny is done, it should be a
realtive pussycat to fly.


Luke