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09-21-2013, 08:36 AM | #1 |
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ID a twin plug Flatty?
I'm in a flathead Facebook group and one of the guys posted this picture of a dual plug flat head. Any one know what the heck this is?
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09-21-2013, 08:42 AM | #2 |
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Re: ID a twin plug Flatty?
Those heads were floated over on the HAMB quite a while back and no one identified them there. They look to only have partial water cooling which may not have been a good thing. At least one other manufacturer tried something similar and it too didn't go over well with the early rodders. My guess would be for boat racing since most of the dual plug stuff was developed for that.
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09-21-2013, 09:46 AM | #3 |
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Wonder why the plugs are there, but not wired up?
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09-21-2013, 11:02 AM | #4 |
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Re: ID a twin plug Flatty?
It might be aircraft. Planes are required to have a twin plug setup.
It would be a BIG project to set up a twin firing setup, when an automobile didn't really need it. Probably, that is why both plugs are not wired. MIKE |
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Note the fins for extra cooling I would guess.
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I am no aviation scholar but in the early years it was anything goes. The engine that 51 Merc pictured is definitely an aircraft or air boat engine. Note the propeller flange and the gear reduction. Some Pietenpol airplanes were powered by the Model A engine and I doubt if it had dual ignition. However you are right about dual ignition saving lives. We have a 1946 Aeronca Champ and it has dual ignition. That is the earliest airplane I have flown. Bud
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Shadetree, The carburetor in 51 Merc's picture appears to be tilted backward. Would this mean that it more likely was a boat engine than a plane engine?
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09-21-2013, 03:16 PM | #11 |
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They appear to be Fenton, see the casting just under the radiator hose.
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09-21-2013, 04:45 PM | #12 |
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What radiator hose. Boat or airplane both are/were air cooled. JMO
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09-21-2013, 05:00 PM | #13 |
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Early aircraft engines were not required to have dual ignition. For instance a Taylorcraft A model with a 40 Horsepower Continental engine did not have dual ignition.
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09-21-2013, 05:07 PM | #14 |
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Not very many air-cooled boat engines out there. DD
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The same as this 1936 version of the same type aircraft.
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Awesome pic........ love the exhaust !!
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Sorry. My brain was out to the cleaners when I wrote that. LOL
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09-21-2013, 07:09 PM | #18 |
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That's a great photo of flathead powering an airplane, duel ignition or plugs or not. This is a great site, with folks that have really varied interests and knowledge. Learn something new every time I go on it. Thanks
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09-21-2013, 07:19 PM | #19 |
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There was at least one brand of airplane that ran a model A engine inverted and 1 plug per cylinder, but i lost my mind and can not remember the name. I am sure someone else will remember.
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09-21-2013, 07:27 PM | #20 |
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Pietenpol Air Camper eventually used Model A engine as standard. DD
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