[DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

[John Bentley (jab)]

Ok, that makes sense.  Thanks Gary.  I can see it firing through the
prop center, but not though any part of the engine, and certainly not
the crank!

BTW, the ME 109 had a Merlin 500-45 engine.

JB

 

-----Original Message-----
From: G Walker [mailto:gow2 at rc-tech.net] 
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:40 PM
To: John Bentley (jab)
Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux

Here is a photo. I believe this is a display at The Dayton air museum:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/registry/p39-p63registry/images/p39
gun.jpg

Gary


John Bentley (jab) wrote:
> Fires right through the crank?  This I gots to see....  How can you
have
> a crank throw that goes round and round without firing on a connecting
> rod?
> 
> JB
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:30 PM
> To: gow2 at rc-tech.net; guido_detomaso at prodigy.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mid Engine airplanes - Hooks Man redux
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/30/06 13:18:55, gow2 at rc-tech.net writes:
> 
> << The ME 109 had a radial engine with big frontal 
> 
> area. The Germans at the time never dreamed it would out perform the 
> 
> ME109's. >>
> 
>>>>Typo--you meant the FW190 had the radial engine.
> 
> 
> The ME109 used a big Mercedes inverted V-12--the crank was at the top,
> and 
> the cylinders pointed down.  So I guess technically it was an
> A-12....The cannon 
> was mounted behind the engine, and fired straight THROUGH the hollow 
> crankshaft and right out the center of the prop's nosecone.
> 
> And the last version of the FW190 had an elongated nose and a
> conventional 
> (non-radial) engine--I think it was a V-12 (A-12?) also.
> 
> Mike
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