Radial Engine

[Ed Doyle]

I built this Radial engine for my Corsair. I see a lot of new users are building the FW 190. This engine should work for them too.

 

I've attached the project file.

 

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Radial_for_Hash.zip

[Kamikaze]

Well, super cool !!! Ed, thats some handy engine work...

 

Michael

[Ed Doyle]

Thanks Michael. It could use a few more details, like the carburetor and a few other things. But they'd hardly show in a plane except for a close up.

Ed

[Dhar]

Nice looking engine.

 

Did you offset the cylinders? Hard to tell from that angle.

[MMZ_TimeLord]

Did the 190 have a radial engine? I thought it was a V-block type (V12)?

[Ed Doyle]

Hi Dhar. No, there's no offset. But the naming convention in the PWS will allow for manipulation of any of the cyclinder structures.

The engine is hardly accurate. It was only meant to suggest a perception of a radial engine. I tried to keep the patch count as low as possible , but there are still 1300 patches.

Actually the PW Wasp engine, as you may know, used in the Corsair, Hellcat and many other fighters had 18 cylinders, 2 banks of 9.

 

Ed

 

Timelord. I'm not sure, I've always assumed so due to the shape of the cowl. I"ll check that out.

 

Ed

 

Yup. Just checked it out, The FW 190 had a BMW radial, twin row, not unlike the "Twin Wasp" in appearance.

 

Ed

[MMZ_TimeLord]

Ah... it must be another fighter of that era that had the Rolls Royce V12.... I think it was an american plane...

 

Thanks for clearing that up... and thanks for the model!