Another good web site is http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/ACRE.hmtl for
3350 pictures a 1710 Allison turbo compound some diesel ship turbo-compound
engines and (Dave -you will love it) Turbo-compound rotary engines. Also
Connie super G airplanes and lots of other stuff. Rich Fox
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: DrMayf@aol.com <DrMayf@aol.com>; OHFASTONE@aol.com <OHFASTONE@aol.com>;
v4gr@rcn.com <v4gr@rcn.com>; owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
<owner-land-speed@autox.team.net>; landspeedracer@email.msn.com
<landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; MikeJ@speedrecordclub.softnet.co.uk
<MikeJ@speedrecordclub.softnet.co.uk>; land-speed@autox.team.net
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Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: compounding
>Check it out!
>http://hre.com/turbonique.html
>
>Dick J
>
>
>--- DrMayf@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ahhh, Turbonique! Remember it fairly well. Was
>> a device that could be added
>> to the rear end/differential of a car. Cad a
>> combustion chamber that whem
>> propellants were added a high pressure high
>> flow exhaust was generated. This
>> was put across a turnine blade to drive/assist
>> the normal engine at the rear
>> end. Were truly amazing. I believe that some
>> sort of interest is still
>> around. Maybe a search on turbonique..
>>
>> mayf
>> In a message dated 10/10/00 10:40:05 PM PDT,
>> OHFASTONE@aol.com writes:
>>
>> > Ok, now is this what the Turbonique thing
>> was?
>> > Mike
>> > In a message dated 10/10/0 4:37:09 PM,
>> v4gr@rcn.com wrote:
>> >
>> > <<John; Turbo compounding in this case means
>> having a turbine in the
>> exhaust
>> > system that is geared to the crank shaft.
>> The exhaust pressure is used to
>> > develop force to the crankshaft instead of
>> driving the supercharger. In the
>> > late 40s it was thought the engine would
>> just serve as a gas generator and
>> > the turbine would drive the prop. Than they
>> realized that a compressor was
>> a
>> > better gas generator than a piston engine.
>> In 66 they closed the piston
>> > engine shop where I worked and I moved to
>> the Jet Shop. Rich Fox>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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