Originally Posted by
Chris Scott
Interesting cowlings for the inverted V12, air-cooled Gypsy 12s.
Yes, and for the benefit of those that don't know I'll point out that the cooling air for those air-cooled motors entered through those round intakes on the wing LE, thence flowing forward past the cylinders.
Originally Posted by
ZeBedie
With as much installed power as a King Air in an aircraft of that size, there must have been some challenges.
Not sure how this contributes as although the power per motor was much the same, I believe the Beech King Air had two motors and as can be seen the Albatross had four.