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Old 8th Aug 2011, 14:17
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Come along Mate.

Why cannot I find any 7-cyl engines? Am I supposed to know all their names?

I just use the search facility in Aerofiles itself and is I bring up each page I used the "find'' to search the criteria I am looking for. I've never searched Aerofiles using Google.
Sounds awkwardly slow. You are usually quicker.
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A Salmson radial then?
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Why cannot I find any 7-cyl engines? Am I supposed to know all their names?
If I named the engine I would expect the aircraft to go within a couple of minutes.

You guys both got something ready to post if I do?

You are usually quicker.
That's how I've always searched if its something I don't recognise or at least have an idea about. May not be the quickest but it works for me!

A Salmson radial then?
Not a Salmson.
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You did say it was a 9 cylinder did you not.
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If I named the engine I would expect the aircraft to go within a couple of minutes.
My question was technical and about Aerofiles. It seems that searching for a 7-cyl engine aircraft returns zilch. I wonder what is the reason.

I said 9, Ken said 7.
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You did say it was a 9 cylinder did you not.
No, RD thought it was 9 cyl...it's actually 7 cyl.
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It seems that searching for a 7-cyl engine aircraft returns zilch.
Perhaps using Aerofiles for the search as I do works after all! If I do a search for a 7 cylinder radial I get loads of different engines
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oh yes, like a Jacobs, por ejemplo!
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Just ran my own test. If I name the engine, you should get it in under 60 seconds!

Not a Jacobs RR.....

Ready, steady.......
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GO.........

Continental A-70
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Cabinaire A-70 ?
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Cabinaire A-70
Good enough LM....it's the Paramount Cabinaire A-70, from 1930.
As it was the 3rd line of data on the Aerofiles seach I figured it should not take long. I got Sue to do the search...she found it in 50s!

All yours mate
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Nice one Ken.

Found it without the engine, but only by luck.

A good day so far......

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In that case it was good hunting mate!

Another American offering?
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Sobering experience
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9-cyl radial, cantilever?
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Not American this time - bye bye Aerofiles.

7 cylinder radial

almost cantilever
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I got Sue to do the search
Better send her down here for a while then!
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French LM?
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French? A bit like S.P.C.A. 80?
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