The British Avro Lancaster has four liquid-cooled inline piston engines at a time when all American WWII bombers had air cooled radial engines. XB-15 and XB-38 were prototypes with inline piston engines with inline piston engines. In June 1945, the one XB-15 that was built, was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama. The one XB38 on its ninth flight on June 16, 1943, when the right inboard engine caught fire, and the crew was forced to bail out. I think the 1951-52 Ford truck dates the large collection of rods.
Some of the Lancasters came with radial engines, just like her siblings the Stirling and the Halifax. There are pros and cons to either type of engine. Btw, the Lancaster was a development of the twin engine Avro Manchester; Adding two engines and wingspan, Avro had built one of WW2's best bombers.
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ReplyDeleteThe British Avro Lancaster has four liquid-cooled inline piston engines at a time when all American WWII bombers had air cooled radial engines. XB-15 and XB-38 were prototypes with inline piston engines with inline piston engines. In June 1945, the one XB-15 that was built, was ordered to be scrapped at Albrook Field in Panama. The one XB38 on its ninth flight on June 16, 1943, when the right inboard engine caught fire, and the crew was forced to bail out. I think the 1951-52 Ford truck dates the large collection of rods.
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DeleteSome of the Lancasters came with radial engines, just like her siblings the Stirling and the Halifax. There are pros and cons to either type of engine. Btw, the Lancaster was a development of the twin engine Avro Manchester; Adding two engines and wingspan, Avro had built one of WW2's best bombers.
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