Vintnge WW1 rotation engine

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

The son of my grandfather's brother, (great uncle of mine, or what do you call that relation), is a technical high school teacher..And a WW1 historic buff.

They were in posession of an original Rhone 9c Rotation engine..

So he and his pupils made up a 1:1 replica of the plane the engine came out of, a
Morane Saulnier Parasol Type L, the plane used by Guynemer to score his first victory, the first of many. And they got the engine running again..

http://users.telenet.be/geert.woussen/morane%20saulnier/Morane%20Saulnier%20Parasol%20L.html

Seahawk · 05-17-2009, 06:55 AM

His students are very fortunate young men and women.

That is the most interesting project, well executed. Thanks for posting...the pictures taken during the build are great.

67nin11 · 05-17-2009, 07:00 AM

too cool, a what? sixty? horsepower kite.. i believe that those don't even have throttles, they are on or off... do they plan on flying it??

67nin11 · 05-17-2009, 07:01 AM

and the entire engine rotated... gyro much???

Neilk · 05-17-2009, 07:03 AM

Cool video... don't have time to google right now, but it's amazing to see the cylinders rotate as well. How's that engine work?

Here's a link.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by 67nin11

do they plan on flying it??

as far as i know, they built it to look real , and have somewhat working parts.
But not intended to fly...