----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>
To: "Land-speed Racers" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: Fw: Ford Flathead Puzzler- Aero Style
> Hey Bill
> You may be referring to the Aerosport, an airplane once built here in
> Lincoln, NE. Some of them were equipped with flatheads, but most were
> equipped with conventional aircraft engines. An example of this
particular
> setup was (and may still be) on display in the San Francisco Airport. You
> want to get in touch with H. J. Kopel in Oklahoma. His e-address is
> hjkopel@ptsi.net. His web site is at www.ptsi.net/user/hjkopel. It is
> quite interesting. In addition to the Aerosport he features a supercharged
> flathead. He is a nice guy. He came to visit once.
> Dave the Hayseed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> To: <clemtebow@jps.net>; <jamisone@iowaone.net>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>; <bjgayle@aol.com>; <bigsid@webtv.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 5:47 PM
> Subject: Ford Flathead Puzzler- Aero Style
>
>
> > Hi Folks, just ran into an interesting tidbit for Ford Flathead fans in
> > a 1935 aircraft engineering textbook.
> >
> > In an appendix listing commercially available aero engines appears the
> > following item:
> >
> > Ford V8 (W), rated 92 bhp @ 3900 rpm, weight 419 lbs.
> >
> > Might this be a variant of our good old Flathead (21 stud early type)
> > produced for aero use? The weight of 419 lbs contrasts with the 575 lbs
> > previously reported for the car-type Flathead. Big difference.
> > All-aluminum?
> >
> > That's all the info there was, and it ain't much. Anybody out there
> > know anything more in depth about this?? Cheers Bill
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