France: le deuxième Sopwith Camel de John Shaw effectue ses premiers essais moteur

[socrate]

 

[socrate]

France: John Shaw’s second Sopwith Camel completes its first engine tests

[TROOPER117]

Lovely!

 

[Rick Rawlings]

Nice! Est-ce que c'est une rotarie vraiment? 

[socrate]

Yes indeed ! Gnome engine !

https://www.lecharpeblanche.fr/2022/03/26/france-le-deuxieme-sopwith-camel-de-john-shaw-effectue-ses-premiers-essais-moteur/

[Rick Rawlings]

Very nice! Now if we can just get him and chill31 to do some comparison flights, someone could make the ultimate rotary flight model!

[socrate]

Gnome 9-B2 (Monosoupape) Assembly movie (HD)

 

[socrate]

Clerget 9B Rotary Engine

 

[Rick Rawlings]

Very cool, thanks!

[catch]

She's a beautiful bus socrate and no mistake. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

And I still marvel at things like the amazing engineering of rotary engines and synchronising/interrupter gear, neither of which I fully understand, but were so much a part of the Great War.