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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2024, 08:08
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

That caused me to raise my eyebrows too but on...

That caused me to raise my eyebrows too but on reflection, it was literally the first few days of a war of unknown duration. Nobody knew if the phrase "it will all be over by Christmas" might have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2024, 11:46
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

Bill Gunston's World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines...

Bill Gunston's World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines confirms everybody except the OP's views.

There was absolutely no connection between the Rolls-Royce Ghost engine and the Eagle or any other...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2024, 08:13
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

Much to my surprise, according to Wiki, the...

Much to my surprise, according to Wiki, the Rolls-Royce Falcon did have an epicyclic reduction gear. I know they're pretty much standard on radials but it's the first I've heard of one on an inline...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 21:41
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

The drivel was regarding your assertion that...

The drivel was regarding your assertion that epicyclic gearing was in virtually every gearbox and engine in the world, which is absolute rubbish, or if you prefer - just plain wrong.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 14:32
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

Although I was actually looking to see if an...

Although I was actually looking to see if an early copy of The Aeroplane was available, I found a book on the Internet Archive called Building and Flying an Aeroplane, published in Chicago in 1912....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2024, 17:25
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

I don't "believe" it was invented beforehand, I...

I don't "believe" it was invented beforehand, I know it was. I've no idea what Rolls-Royce patented but even discounting the Greeks and Romans 2,000 years ago, Frederick Lanchester used an epicyclic...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2024, 10:24
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

Strange interpretation of left behind. It...

Strange interpretation of left behind.

It won the 1914 French Grand Prix.

It's years since I read Sir Geoffrey de Havilland's autobiography, Sky Fever, but I have an idea he mentioned searching...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2024, 07:51
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

I also had three cars with overdrive in the...

I also had three cars with overdrive in the seventies. No other car or motorcycle I've ever owned has had epicyclic gearing. I believe automatic gearboxes use epicyclic gearing, but I've never owned...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2024, 00:47
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

Rubbish. Drivel even.

Rubbish. Drivel even.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2024, 22:21
Replies: 34
Views: 2,547
Posted By DHfan

My sentiments entirely. I would have thought...

My sentiments entirely. I would have thought quite the opposite.
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