UK1 K9370 Fairey BattleMkI 1942-01orLater to US WrightField GeraldRaggettColl.jpg

On 01/08/2013 08:59, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 01/08/2013 00:18, Jeff - VK4XA wrote:
"Joseph Testagrose" wrote in message
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Contra rotating propellors on a Fairey Battle?
That's a new one on me.
I did a little digging and courtesy of Wikipedia I came up with this:
Battle K9370 was used to test the Fairey Monarch 2,000+ hp (1,490+ kW)
aero-engine
with electrically-controlled three-blade contra-rotating propellers in
1939.
According to Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1946-47, the aircraft was
shipped to
the U.S.A. after 86 hours test time.

A little more digging and here's a photo of the front of the aircraft.
http://s809.photobucket.com/user/A30...stbed.jpg.html


I'm surprised that the wings stayed on!


Here are two photos of the only remaining Fairey Monarch. It's actually
two vertically-opposed 12-cylinder engines, each with its own crankshaft
driving one of the co-axial propellers. Taken on 24 April 2013 in the
Chobham Hall at RNAS Yeovilton.

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Peter