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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
"Bill Funk" wrote in message
... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:11:34 -0800, "Skip" wrote: "Bill Funk" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:06:37 -0800, "Skip" wrote: "Bill Funk" wrote in message m... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:37:26 -0000, Alan LeHun wrote: In article , says... What WW I aircraft used turbochargers? Liberty V-12 in 1918, but never in combat. TTBOMK, that wasn't used in an aricraft, but only tested on the ground; I think it was on Pike's Peak. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" I thought it was used in a Curtiss evolution of the Jenny... The Liberty engine was, but I've never seen a referrence to a turbocharged version being used in flight. If you have a referrence, I'd like to see it. :-) -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" Here ya go... http://worlddmc.ohiolink.edu/OMP/New...count=1&hits=1 The last paragraph makes reference to the turbocharged Liberty V-12. Great! Thanks! -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" By the way, I was wrong about the type of plane, and the reference I remembered was in a book called something like, "Worst Aircraft Designs." The Lusac, IIRC was included because it was meant to be a combination fighter and recon aircraft, which had already been shown to be ineffective in combat. That and the frozen eyeball thing... -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:20:39 -0800, "Skip"
wrote: Could you return the favor and give me a link to a reference to the ground version. It'd be nice to add to my archive of automotive archania... ;-) The easiest is Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger#History -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
Thanks. That one helps, but the author provided no link to the actual
reference. I basically avoid Wikipedia, considering the entries suspect, due to the unstructured nature of the site, at least until their new policies kick in. -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
Skip wrote:
"Bill Funk" wrote in message edited, for brevity Here ya go... http://worlddmc.ohiolink.edu/OMP/New...count=1&hits=1 The last paragraph makes reference to the turbocharged Liberty V-12. Great! Thanks! -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" By the way, I was wrong about the type of plane, and the reference I remembered was in a book called something like, "Worst Aircraft Designs." The Lusac, IIRC was included because it was meant to be a combination fighter and recon aircraft, which had already been shown to be ineffective in combat. That and the frozen eyeball thing... -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm Hello, Skip: I wonder whether the Lusac's test pilot was permanently blinded, by having his eyeballs frozen? Cordially, John Turco |
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Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.
I wondered the same thing...
-- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm "John Turco" wrote in message ... Skip wrote: "Bill Funk" wrote in message edited, for brevity Here ya go... http://worlddmc.ohiolink.edu/OMP/New...count=1&hits=1 The last paragraph makes reference to the turbocharged Liberty V-12. Great! Thanks! -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" By the way, I was wrong about the type of plane, and the reference I remembered was in a book called something like, "Worst Aircraft Designs." The Lusac, IIRC was included because it was meant to be a combination fighter and recon aircraft, which had already been shown to be ineffective in combat. That and the frozen eyeball thing... -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm Hello, Skip: I wonder whether the Lusac's test pilot was permanently blinded, by having his eyeballs frozen? Cordially, John Turco |
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