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Originally Posted by daepp
Is their a link here? I know Mooney used a Porsche engine on a limited basis, but that's not what I'm talking about.
These engines are all too similar to not be related somehow. Flat opposed, split case, etc. Did they all license from Porsche?
Anyone know which evolved first? Wasn't Porsche using its flat engines while the aircraft industry was still using radials and in-lines?
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Related in that both early air cooled porsche and general airplane prop motors are from the same era of engine design strategies. Aircraft engines really haven't changed that much because of regulation, it's simply too expensive to do a new design (and thus wouldn't be profitable for anyone to do so).