Your Golden Epoch?

tangerinedream said:

radial engines, is there any advantage of these

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For aircraft, yes. Equal cooling for air cooled cylinders, lightweight (minimal) crank case and a very stiff and strong crankshaft.

Aircraft piston engine that is, presumably. Ship engines are montsrous. One in our local shipyard had 1 metre bore x 3 metre stroke cylinders with at least 6 of them in line. They're not much use for flight though . . .

I understand that he is a big Fiat 500 Abarth fan - the 1960's version that is.

Rotaries are different animals from radials. With a rotary the crank is stationary and the prop is bolted to the cylinders. This has the advantage of perfect balance because the rotating mass is symmetrical. The main disadvantage of course (aprt from those above) is the enormous inertial energy of the engine. A small change in engine speed caused a big reaction in the light air frame. This could be turned to an advantage in a dogfight but it was more of a nuisance.

Note for Trisha - the springing medium was VW torsion bars within the front frame cross tube.

Fabulous! Thanks for posting. Alfred Neubauer was playing his part at the end with tongue firmly in cheek! An all star cast.

Yes. I have just run up against this. I thought that it was my ineptitude.

The colour is the giveaway - rosso corsa or kak bruno.

Under the stairs said:

Nah ones a one night stand you don’t mention, the other you never stop loving.

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And the costs of running them are equally proportionate.

Great photo. It should have had the UFO livery though!

UFO = Unidentified Flying Object

The commentary that came with the photo said that it was on it's way to the circuit on race day.

Curved headlight beams! Now that's clever.

I love Seagrave's transporter - a Sentinel steam lorry. These vehicles were every bit as useful as the early diesel powered lorries but development was knocked on the head by politicians who were in thrall to the diesel promoters who received preferential legislation. One was still working at Tyne Dock in the 1950's.