Re: Airplanes - Engines - Aircraft Testing Field
Posted by Guscha On 2019/10/23 2:10:31
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Chris (Packard newbie), I'm anything but sure if I read every of your so far 542 comments at PackardInfo but what I know for certain is that you express yourself in a refined manner, always polite and courteous. After looking at the wooden shacks it is conclusively justified to ask for a certain kind of standard.
According to Trout, Steven (2006). Cather Studies Vol. 6: History, Memory, and War. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 275-276. ISBN 978-0-8032-9464-6 the first rough cast of the Liberty engine was made within 5 days. The talk revolves around an engine, which had been no less than one of the very first attempts at creating a modular engine that could be easily mass-produced by several different manufacturing companies in large quantity, ranging from four- to twelve-cylinder configuration and included design elements such as OHC and light metal pistons.
In a departure from todays' convention the government wasn't ordering a couple of dozen power plants to be delivered in a decade. All in all the production comprised more than 6,000 engines, based on the ->data compiled by Robert Neal.
Take a closer look, please, at pic #3 and #4 below. There the next row of testing sheds is to be seen in the background.
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... I hope I didn't sound flippant or disrespectful of 'those folks and that era' in my post, as it was most certainly not my intent. Apologies if I offended ...
Chris (Packard newbie), I'm anything but sure if I read every of your so far 542 comments at PackardInfo but what I know for certain is that you express yourself in a refined manner, always polite and courteous. After looking at the wooden shacks it is conclusively justified to ask for a certain kind of standard.
According to Trout, Steven (2006). Cather Studies Vol. 6: History, Memory, and War. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 275-276. ISBN 978-0-8032-9464-6 the first rough cast of the Liberty engine was made within 5 days. The talk revolves around an engine, which had been no less than one of the very first attempts at creating a modular engine that could be easily mass-produced by several different manufacturing companies in large quantity, ranging from four- to twelve-cylinder configuration and included design elements such as OHC and light metal pistons.
In a departure from todays' convention the government wasn't ordering a couple of dozen power plants to be delivered in a decade. All in all the production comprised more than 6,000 engines, based on the ->data compiled by Robert Neal.
Take a closer look, please, at pic #3 and #4 below. There the next row of testing sheds is to be seen in the background.
source: U.S. National Archives; -> Public Domain Archive
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