Tom Moynihan wrote:
>I think this was peculiar (or nearly so) to the Rhone engines by the
French.
>I recollect that the crankshaft was bolted to the firewall, and the engine
>turned around it, but if that were the case, I can't imagine how
carburation,
>etc. would work. I've probably got something mixed up in there!
That's how I remember reading about them - also that it meant there could be
no linkage to the carbs so they ran at full throttle all of the time. Surely
the fuel tank must have spun with it too or the feed would have been twisted
off.
Regards,
Keith Berry (Birmingham, England)
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