20 cylinders are not enough

[ysi_maniac]

This is intended for aircraft equipped with engines with more than 20 cylinders each

Napier Sabre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Sabre
Allison 3420 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_V-3420
Wasp Major http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360_Wasp_Major
Tornado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_R-2160_Tornado
and the like ...

As a first entry:

A pair of cool reengining with AllisonV-3420

[Litvyak]

I love how that Corsair looks like that!

[elmayerle]

Hpw about a Skyraider with a W3420?  The Allison engine was comparable in power to Wright's R3350 and might well have replaced it, converting the B-29 to the B-39, if problems with the R3350 had continued.  By that time Allison had the W3420 fully debugged and ready to go.

[ysi_maniac]

Like this?


I am falling in love with this.

[ysi_maniac]

The ultimate target of these designs was not to equip Tempest with Allison V-1710, which would be a step backward, but to a slicker engine, something a little narrower but longer.

I first considered Griffon, but it is too narrow IMO for this design. Now I am considering Wright Tornado; this is equally wide and 35 cm longer (5 mm in 1/72).

Would it need contra rotating props? IMO, no.

Please your comments. :thumbsup:

[GTX_Admin]

But contra props improve everything...