Torque Meter Table of Contents

Volumes 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Compiled by James Strobeck

Notes about Departments:

“View from the White House” is by Graham White
“ATDC” is by Kevin Cameron
“President’s Message” is by Kim McCutcheon
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Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 1, No. 1—Winter 2002: 40 Pages Vol. 1, No. 2—Spring 2002: 40 Pages
On the Cover: Curtiss-Wright’s Turbo Cyclone 18 On the Cover: Allison V-1710-F17R
Back Cover: 42-cylinder Experimental Mathis Back Cover: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-32W
Features Features
R-3350 History & Development Reno For Gearheads, Part 2
In depth study of this much maligned engine Description of 2001 Unlimited Class Racers
by Kim McCutcheon by Graham White, Photos by Dan Whitney
Reno for Gearheads, Part 1 The Allison Time Bomb
Description of 2001 Unlimited Class Racers Basis for ETO Problems Not Seen in the CBI and SWPA
by Graham White, Photos by Dan Whitney Theatres
Hi-Po Diesels by Dan Whitney
Bizarre and Interesting Aircraft Diesels F4U Corsair QECs, Part 2
by Graham White More of What Powered Chance Vought’s “Whistling Death”
F4U Corsair QECs, Part 1 by Graham White
Power for Chance Vought’s “Whistling Death” Departments
by Graham White View from the White House (Connie Trip)
Departments ATDC (Care and Feeding of R-4360s)
View from the White House (Beginnings) President’s Message (In the Archives)
ATDC (Why Engines?) Air Mail - Letters from Members
President’s Message (Why an Engine History Society?) Bill Allan: R-2800 Questions and European Tidbits
Air Mail - Letters from Members Larry Rinek: ATDC Items and Some OX-5 Issues
Bob Neal: Upcoming Liberty Engine Book Doug Culy: Reviewing Diesels, R-2600, R-3350
Jeremy R. Kinney: C-W Aero Engine Drawings Bob Neal: Curtiss-Wright, Packard Questions
Bill Todd: R-1340 Details Richard Dale: Hi-Po Diesel Article
Karl Ludvigsen: “Puffin” Gas Turbine in Automobiles Phillp A. Miller: Reflections on First Issue
Charles Taylor II: On His Great-Grandfather Charles E. Taylor George Abbott: R-1340 Issues
Doron Salmon: NEAM Union Blimp Engine Restoration Harry Kiley: Dieselizing the Wright R-1820
Peter Short: Books and Encouragement for the Society Richard W. Kamm: Engine Books, Early Fuel Injection
Leroy McVay: F4U R-2800 Maintenance Tips Phil Miller: R-2800 Crank Construction and Balance
Don Pensa: Early Aero Engines Doug Duhon: Two-Stroke Engines for Unlimited Racing,
Earl Berlin, Jr: Research for New F-86H Book Tandem Engine Aircraft for Unlimited Air Racing
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Vol. 1, No. 3—Summer 2002: 48 Pages Vol. 1, No. 4—Fall 2002: 40 Pages
On the Cover: Bristol Hercules XVI On the Cover: Packard 1A-1237
Back Cover: Sleeve Valve Details Back Cover: Packard 1A-744 and Packard 1A-1237
Features Features
Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 1 Packard as an Aero Engine Builder: 1919 - 1923
The German VDM, by Tom Fey by Robert J. Neal
Roll Up Your Sleeves Packard Merlin Supercharger Drive Mechanism for Two-Stage
Sleeve Valve Technology Engines, Part 1
by Graham White Epicyclic or Compound-Spur?
F4U Corsair QECs, Conclusion by Jerry Wells
by Graham White Lockheed P-38 and its Opposite Rotating Propellers
Radial Engine Design Primer by Daniel D. Whitney
by Jack Hereford Departments
P-38 Maximum Range Procedures View from the White House (Luminaries)
by Dan Whitney ATDC (Master Rod Bearings)
Sarah Clark President’s Message (Members Survey Results)
A Different Sort of Air Force Heroine Air Mail - Letters from Members
Departments Gordon Comfort: P-38 Opposite Propeller Rotation
View from the White House (Logistics) Phil Miller: Gear Lubrication — More Oil on the Fire!
ATDC (Lubrication Problems of Big-End Bearings) Roy E. “Gene” Harper, Floyd Stelly, Tom Fey, Jerry Wells, Bill
President’s Message (Optimism) Bompas: Sleeve Valve Engines
Air Mail - Letters from Members David A. Saunders: Hallman B-56 engine
Correction to V1N2 (Miss Trinidad, not Maniyack) Phil Roe: Exactor Throttle as Used on Short Stirling Bombers
Dave Kirk, Michael Walton, Bob Lawrence: Connie Trip Frank Dillingham: Packard 4M-2500 Engine
George Abbott, Stuart L. Farber, Richard Kamm: Allison Time Dan Whitney: New Warbird Internet Site
Bomb Em Watson: XLR-11 Rocket Engine Restoration
Phil Miller, Rick Lavallee: ATDC
Phil Miller: Rocket Fueled Recip
Phil Miller: Tandem Twin Unlimited Racer
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Vol. 2, No. 1—Winter 2003; 40 Pages Vol. 2, No. 2—Spring 2003: 44 Pages
On the Cover: The Unique Propeller Configuration of Unlimited On the Cover: The Expensive Process of Engine Development
Racer Precious Metal from Prototype to Product
Back Cover: Two Engines That Were Removed During the Reno Back Cover: R-4360 Cutaway
2002 Races Features
Features Reno from the Pits, Part 2
Reno from the Pits, Part 1 by Graham White
by Graham White Engine Development Cost, Part 2
Engine Development Cost, Part 1 by Douglas G. Culy
by Douglas G. Culy Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 2
Packard Merlin Supercharger Drive Mechanism for Two-Stage The Curtiss Electric Propeller, by Tom Fey
Engines, Part 2 The Allison Engineering Company: Reduction Gear and Spring
How It All Works Coupling Mechanisms in the 1920s
by Jerry Wells by Jerry Wells
Reinventing History: The Replica Engines of Jim and Steve Hay Departments
by Kimble D. McCutcheon View from the White House (Crank ‘em up)
Boiler End Problems—In Aircraft Engines? ATDC (Fatigue)
by Phillip A. Miller President’s Message
Departments Air Mail - Letters from Members
View from the White House (Music) Dave Zwolak: Sleeve Valve Engines
ATDC (Gasoline) Steve Hinton, Dan Whitney: P-38 Propeller Rotation
President’s Message (Institutions) Jerry Wells, Bob Neal: Packard 4A-2500
Air Mail - Letters from Members Dan Whitney, Jerry Wells: More on DB 605
Phil Roe: Lyndon Jones’ book Sectioned Drawings of Piston Aero Howard Fenton: B-25 engines
Engines W. Yip: B-29C engines
Phil Roe: his Brother Malcom’s Story of an Aerial Collision Kevin Kenz: Kalamazoo Air Zoo Engine Recordings
John C. Kent: Working on Sleeve Valve Engines Tom Fey: Precious Metal Prop Tips’ Shape
John C. Kent: Griffon Engines Dick Kamm: B-36 and Other Engine Installations
Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Engine Rebuild Phil Miller: Various Engineering Challenges, Past and Present
Tom Finkler: A Round Engine Story Bill Allan: Aircraft Cutaways
Jukka Juutinen: Probable Shortcomings of the DB 605D Charles Cartledge: Wright R-2600
Stuart Faber: Air Force Museum Upgrades Stuart L. Faber: Tuned Exhausts and Other Stories
Ken Collinge: Top Quality of Torque Meter Bob Louderback: Unknown USAF Museum Kirkham Engine
Bill Allan: Hispano-Suiza Book Chris Harrison: R-R Engine Testing Experiences
George Abbott: Energy Consumed in Working Valve Trains Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Rebuild
Jack Erickson: Hallman B-50 Engine Details
Bob Keelagher: His Father’s Stories of Manchester in WWII
Robert Storms: Hispano V-12
Tony Bovinich: A Special-Built R-1830 Engine
Roy E. Harper: Packard Liberty and Bob Neal
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Vol. 2, No. 3—Summer 2003: 44 Pages Vol. 2, No. 4—Fall 2003: 48 Pages
On the Cover: The General Electric I-16 Turbojet On the Cover: Menasco D6SG, Reno Racer Miss America
Back Cover: First Generation of US Turbojets Back Cover: Menasco Unitwin, Tuned Exhaust on R-3350
Features Features
The Development of Early Turbojet Engines Menasco Aircraft Engines and Their Air Racing Heritage, Part 1
by Peter Berry by Larry M. Rinek
Use of 100LL Fuel in Warbird Engines Rated on Grade 100/130 Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 3
by Daniel D. Whitney The Aeroproducts Propeller, by Tom Fey
The Curtiss-Wright R-1820 “Cyclone” Reno From The Pits
by Kimble D. McCutcheon by Graham White
Chinese Choice (the Huosai HS-7) Departments
by Michael Weber View from the White House (Supercharging)
Departments ATDC (Air Coolings)
View from the White House (Fads & Fashions) President’s Message (Barrel Engines)
ATDC (Two-Stroke Aero Engines) Air Mail - Letters from Members
President’s Message Scott A Willey: Dashes in Turbine Engine Nomenclature
Air Mail - Letters from Members George Abbott: More On V2N3 Merlin Accident Report
Bob Lawrence: More Engine Sounds John Joss: P-38 Counter Rotating Propellers
Danny Mortensen: Reno Coverage Robert Neal: V2N3 engine ID—Lorraine-Dietrich 12Ed
Bill Allan: Review of Books and Web Sites Ike Kibbe: Wright Crankshaft Construction
Ike Kibbe, Larry Rinek: OX-5 Observations John Minnich: Wright R-1820 & R-3350 Recalled
Roy E. Harper: San Diego Air Museum News Stan Poole: Diesel R-1820 Variant for Tanks
Jerry Wells: More on Packard 4A-2500 Jeff Barwick: Torque Ratings on WWII Engines Requested
David Heller: R-4360 Fan Jim D. Stewart: Allison Mod.250 Explained
Steve & Jim Hay: Wright Exhaust Ports in Cylinders Antony Angrand: Breguet Leviathan from Paris
Mark Holloway: ID of Lorraine 12Ed
Graham White: Merlin Accident Report
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Vol. 3, No. 1—Winter 2004; 40 Pages Vol. 3, No. 2—Spring 2004; 44 Pages
On the Cover: Menasco in the Keith Rider Elmendorf Special, On the Cover: Barry Hares 1/5th scale Rolls-Royce Eagle 22
DC-6/7 Ram Air Scoop Back Cover: Naval Aircraft Factory XV-715
Back Cover: Radials with an EVEN Number of Cylinders/Row Features
Features Rolls-Royce Eagle 22
Menasco Aircraft Engines and Their Air Racing Heritage, Part 2 by Barrington (Barry) Hares
by Larry M. Rinek V-3420-B10 Timing
The Quaint Valve Gear Mechanism of the British Sunbeam by Daniel D. Whitney
“ARAB” Aero-Engine Emergency In-Flight Zeppelin Repairs
by Jerry Wells by Eugene Bentele
Torque on Takeoff The Quaint Valve Gear Mechanism of the British Sunbeam
by Daniel D. Whitney “ARAB” Aero-Engine, Part 2
Ram Air Induction by Jerry Wells
by Phillip A. Miller The WWII Engines of Packard
Departments by Robert J. Neal
View from the White House (Rewriting History) Departments
ATDC (The Cost of Doing Business) View from the White House (Odds & Ends)
President’s Message (John Rinek Tribute by Larry Rinek) ATDC (Wright R-3350 Reduction Gear Development)
Air Mail - Letters from Members President’s Message (The Challenge of Technical History)
Kim McCutcheon: V2N3 Wright P-2 Photo Correction Air Mail - Letters from Members
Larry Rinek: V2N4 Menasco Corrections Ike Kibbe: Trouble with Curtiss-Wright
Alvin Lowi: Barrel Cam Engines Al Boring: V3N1 Torque on Take-Off
Jamie Fairchild: 42-Cylinder Diesel ID Phil Miller: More on Enhanced Expansion
Dan Whitney: Torque Ratings on WWII Engines Explained Clen Tomlinson: More Master Rod Anomalies
Tom Fey: Contra-Rotating Prop Details Sought Bristol Crankshaft Design Details
Bill Bishop: Hallman B-50 Jim Strobeck: V-12 Firing Order Influence on Sound
Les Westlake: Seeking Early Renault V-8 Info Norman Jukes: Continental A-70 Restoration
Gene Vantluka: Why no Sleeve Valves and EFI in Racing? Phil Roe: Desmodromic Aircraft Engine?
Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Progress Billy L. Gibson: Spark Plug Heat Range
Clen Tomlinson: Master Rod Anomalies Jeremy Kinney: ID of 4-Cylinder Radial?
Billy L. Gibson: Merlin Rotax Mag Problems
Fred van der Horst: BMW 801 Cooling
Robert J. Neal: More on the Bugatti/Brequet
Ike Kibbe: Wright Test Engines
Phil Miller: More Power from Enhance Expansion
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Vol. 3, No. 3—Summer 2004; 44 Pages Vol. 3, No. 4—Fall 2004; 48 Pages
On the Cover: Two Versions of the Rolls-Royce Kestrel On the Cover: Rolls-Royce Vulture
Back Cover: Rolls-Royce Merlin Ad Back Cover: Allison Ad
Features Features
Reminiscences of Experimental Piston Engine Test, Part 1 Reminiscences of Experimental Piston Engine Test, Part 2
Merlin and Before, by C.E. Harrison Merlin and Beyond, by C.E. Harrison
V-12 Firing Orders, Part 1 V-12 Firing Orders, Part 2
Design Considerations, by Daniel D. Whitney Engine Details
It Will Never Run by Daniel D. Whitney
by Robert F. Zilinsky Unlimited Power
Man Flies by Graham White
The Delightful Alberto Santos-Dumont and the World’s First Reno 2004 Results
Successful Aero Engine by Graham White
by Sandy Skinner Scenes From Reno 2004
Aircraft Engine Condition Analysis by Daniel D. Whitney
The Sperry Aircraft Engine Analyzer, 1948-1955 Departments
by Donald V. Richardson View from the White House (Rain, Rain Go Away!)
Departments ATDC (Cylinder Design Elements)
View from the White House (Odds & Ends Part 2) President’s Message
ATDC (Wright R-3350 Cooling Development Air Mail - Letters from Members
President’s Message (Curtiss “Hex” Firing Orders) Josh Myers: Guiberson Diesel
Air Mail - Letters from Members John G. Crofts: More on Technically Ignorant MBAs
Jerry Wells: Sunbeam “ARAB” Jim Zuccaro: Desmodromic Power Recovery
Jerry Wells: Hispano-Suiza Book Bouvard Hosticka: Concentric Valves
Stuart Faber, Bob Neal, Graham White: Packard WWII Engines Ted Osenga, Tom Fey: AEHS 2004 Convention
Bruce Fraites: V3N1 Torque on Takeoff Scott Prentiss, Al Siefkas: J58 Last Run
Robert K. Havemann, Barry Hares: R-R Eagle 22 Progress Jerry Wells: Hawks & D-12s
Stu Sammis: News of a Third-Scale R-R Merlin
Robert K. Havemann: R-3350 Progress
Frederick U. Nelson: Gotcha!
Doug Culy: Reviews of Books
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Vol. 4, No. 1—Winter 2005; 44 Pages Vol. 4, No. 2—Spring 2005; 48 Pages
On the Cover: Brian Perkins’ Bristol Aquila On the Cover: Brian Perkins’ Bristol Hydra
Back Cover: Ad for Townend Ring Back Cover: Mechanical Arrangements of Gas Turbines
Features Features
Pobjoy My Wife Calls it an OBSESSION!!!! Part 2
by Sandy Skinner Bristol Hydra
My Wife Calls it an OBSESSION!!!! Part 1 by Brian Perkins
BP 75 and Bristol Aquila Torquemeters: Developments Through 1945
by Brian Perkins by Kimble D. McCutcheon
Rolls-Royce Eagle Drawing Gnome Rotary Drawing
by Frank Munger by Frank Munger
An Aero-Engine that “Never Was” Low Bypass Turbofan Engines
The Fabulous Packard “A-833” by Peter Berry, MRAeS
by Jerry Wells Departments
Early Axial Flow Turbojet Engines View from the White House (Paradigm Shift)
by Peter Berry, MRAeS ATDC (Heat Resistant Materials, Part 1)
Departments President’s Message
View from the White House (Book Ends) Air Mail - Letters from Members
ATDC (A Reversible Process) Bouvard Hosticka: Concentric Valves
President’s Message (NARA Treasures) Robert Neal: Packard “1A-833”
Air Mail - Letters from Members Steve Bezman, Steve Zielinski , Bill Allan: Etymology of “Nip”
Dan Whitney: Seeking Info on 91 Octane Use in Warbirds Doug Culy: JT3/J57
Darrell Yonker, Larry Rinek: Concentric Valves Dave Birch: DB603 Engine
John A. May: Memories of Emory Collins Clen Tomlinson, Larry Rinek: OX-5 Cylinder Attachment
Thomas Johnson: Russian M14P Engines Herb Friedman, Robert Neal: Racing Liberty
Alex Pong: Steam is Colorless, Condensate Visible Jerry Woolf: BMEP-drop Leaning
Phil Roe: Flight Engineers’ Workload Phil Roe: BMEP Comparisons
Phil Roe: R-4360 Cooling Peter Verbree: Hydraulic Lock
Darrell Yonker: Torque on Takeoff Drew Lofthus: Tulsa Technology Center Running Engines
Phil Miller: Pre-Intake-Valve Charge Rotation Paul M. Redlich: Differences in Merlin -7, -9 and -9A
John May: 1/8-Scale Napier Lion
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Vol. 4, No. 3—Summer 2005; 44 Pages Vol. 4, No. 4—Fall 2005; 44 Pages
On the Cover: A Napier Lion VIIB On the Cover: The Indefatigable Curtiss OX-5
Back Cover: 1929 Schneider Trophy Program Back Cover: Napier Advertisement, circa 1930
Features Features
High Bypass Turbofan Engines Boost Pressure
by Peter Berry, MRAeS Does anybody understand it????
A Story About Two Small Old Aircraft Engines by Jerry Wells
by Charles Scudder Reno 2005
Napier Lion Drawing Going Round and Round at Reno!
by Frank Munger by Dan Whitney
vor Benzineinspritzung (before fuel injection) Bentley B.R.2 Drawing
The Mercedes-Benz DB 600 Carburettor System by Frank Munger
by Jerry Wells The Curtiss OX-5
A Detonation Scenario by Sandy Skinner
by Les Waters and Kimble D. McCutcheon Departments
Departments View from the White House (Will the Real Rolls-Royce Please
View from the White House (Old Bold Pilots) Stand Up)
ATDC (Heat Resistant Materials, Part 2) ATDC (Detonation and Preignition)
President’s Message (On-Line National Archives Catalog) President’s Message (2005 Convention)
Air Mail - Letters From Members Air Mail - Letters from Members
Allan McGuinnes: Comments on George Bulman George Abbott: Gnome-Rhone Questions
Jeff Beyer: ID of V2N3 Engine - Caminez Kevin Cameron: Engine Vibration
Steve Ledger: Desmodromic Reventlow “Scarab” Barrie Gerolamy: Mercedes S196 Desmodromic Cam
Ted Osenga: Arkansas Air Museum Review Jerry Wells: Napier Lion VIIB
Dan Whitney: V-1710 Project Runs! “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Restoration
Clen Tomlinson: Napier Sabre Replica Brett James: Renault 4P03 Restoration
Jerry Wells, Kim McCutcheon: TM Layout Rationale Dan Hagedorn, Phillip Drews, Colin Green: Questions
Jerry Wells: Gnome-Rhone Questions John Mohr: Carb Ice
Phil Roe: Torque Reaction
Dave Birch: Air vs Liquid Cooling
Gerald Ryan: Ultimate Aero Engine Design
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Vol. 5, No. 1—Winter 2006; 52 Pages Vol. 5, No. 2—Spring 2006; 52 Pages
On the Cover: Rolls-Royce Merlin Reverse Rotation Gearbox Covers: Two Roads to the Same Exhausting Destination
Back Cover: Lawrance J-1 and Curtiss R-1454 Front: The Curtiss-Wright R-3350 Turbo Compound
Features Rear: P&W/GE R-4360 Variable Discharge Turbine
The Szydlowski-Planiol S-39 Supercharger Features
by Jerry Wells The Ramp Head Merlin
Antionette V-8 Drawing by Jerry Wells
by Frank Munger The MASM Gnome Omega Engine
The Impact of the Engine on the Airframe by Don Stauffer
Schedule Effects-German Jet Engine Development in WWII Turbocompounding the Wright Way
Part 1: The Engines by Tom Fey
by Douglas Culy Balzer-Manley 1903 Drawing
Gearing for Gearheads by Frank Munger
Part 1, by Phillip A. Miller The Impact of the Engine on the Airframe
Departments Schedule Effects-German Jet Engine Development in WWII
View from the White House (Rarest of the Rare) Part 2: The Aircraft
ATDC (Brick by Brick) by Douglas Culy
President’s Message (AEHS Archives) Conceive, Construct, Configure, then Run Your Demo Engine
Air Mail - Letters from Members Or How I Got My V-1710 Running
Geoff Boultwood: Warner/Kinner by Dan Whitney
Kip Lankenau, Michael Jeffries, Lee Hodgson, Early Glimpses of US Aviation
George Missbach, Jr: Torque Meter Praise Guest Essay
Bill Bishop, David Birch: Napier Lion Dwg (V4N4 pg 21) by Bill Gunston
Darrell Yonker: V4N4 Boost Departments
Stan Bloyer: WOT Shutdown? View from the White House (Keeping Our Country Safe, by
Dan Whitney, Sam Ferguson: National Archives Experience Luke Roy)
Ricardo Vidal: Model Engines in Barcelona ATDC (Rocket Propulsion)
President’s Message (Richard Kamm Tribute)
Air Mail - Letters from Members
David Birch: Displacement vs Power
Allan McGuinnes: Ultimate Aero Engine Design
Robert L. Taylor: WOT Shutdown
Andrew Matters, Phil Roe, Carl F. Bachle: IV-1430
Clen Tomlinson, Hugh Gordon: Bizarre Engine Failures
Bob Neal: Liberty Book Progress, Coffman Starters
Ted Osenga: Museum Visits
Art Medcalf: ADI (k) Captured Document Microfilm Index
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Vol. 5, No. 3 - Summer 2006; 44 Pages Vol. 5, No. 4—Fall 2006; 56 Pages
On the Cover: Bugatti U-16 On the Cover: Prototype Burt Sleeve Valve V-12 (1917)
Back Cover: Liberty Distributor Cap Details Back Cover: The 12.8 litre Argyll Sleeve Valve Engine (1914)
Features Features
The U-16 Revisited The 120 HP Argyll
by Sandy Skinner Pioneer Sleeve Valves Aero-Engine
An Introduction to Turbine Blading by Jerry Wells
by Dan Whitney Gearing for Gearheads, Part 3
Hispano-Suiza Model D Drawing by Phillip Miller
by Frank Munger Austro-Daimler 120 HP Drawing
Re-Inventing the Liberty Cap, Part 1 by Frank Munger
by Kip Lankenau One Second on the Course in Dreadnought
Gearing for Gearheads, Part 2 by Tom Fey
by Phillip Miller Re-Inventing the Liberty Cap, Part 2
Departments by Kip Lankenau
View from the White House (Sun ‘n Fun, Auctions) Report from the 3rd Annual AEHS Convention
ATDC (not published) by Larry Rinek
President’s Message (Donors and Volunteers) Reno 2006
Air Mail - Letters from Members Radial Gold
Jim Strobeck: WOT Shutdown by Dan Whitney
Dan Whitney: Ramp Head Merlin Departments
John Schauer: R-4360 Book View from the White House (Out & About)
Dennis Fadden: R-4360 Model ATDC (Lubrication)
President’s Message (R-R & Magnetic Inspection, c. 1931)
Air Mail - Letters from Members
Tom Fey, Chris Reed: 2006 Convention
Dan Whitney, Dave Birch: National Archives Work Session
Mark Seidel: Bugatti U-16
Jerry Wells: Etymology of “Junk Head”
Stephen C. Ledger, Tom Fey: Curtiss-Wright PRTs
Hans Kewenter, Phil Miller: Involute Rocker Arm Tips?
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Vol. 6, No. 1—Winter 2007; 48 Pages Vol. 6, No. 2—Spring 2007; 48 Pages
On the Cover: Chrysler’s XT36-D2 Recuperated Turboprop On the Cover: Curtiss at Ormond Beach
Back Cover: The Mawen 20S Back Cover: John May’s Packard 4A-2500
Features Features
Early Intercooled Merlins Curtiss Aviation Engines
by Jerry Wells An American Success Story
Chrysler’s 1,000 HP Recuperated Turboprop by Larry M. Rinek
The XT36-D2—6,927 Inconel Tubes! Anzani 24.5 HP
by Robert F. Pauley by Frank Munger
Renault 70 HP Liquid-Cooled Engine Status: 1936-1938
by Frank Munger by Kimble D. McCutcheon and David Birch
The Mawen Bi-Rotary Engine The Curtiss AB Aero-Engine
by Dennis Sparks by Jerry Wells
“Gearing for Gearheads” Redux Departments
by Phillip Miller View from the White House (Trials of Engine Restoration)
Departments ATDC (Why No B-29 Water Injection)
View from the White House Presidents Message (Frank J. Walker, 1919-2007)
(Mechanical Carnage at Reno, Postscript) Air Mail - Letters from Members
ATDC (Experimentalists) John May: Packard 4A-2500 Project
“From the Designers...” by Jerry Wells Kip Lankenau: Liberty Progress
Presidents Message Tom Fey: Propeller Project
(National Archives Project, c1931: Steam, Air & Water Cooling) Steve Kouzoujian, Dan Whitney: Allison -27
Air Mail – Letters from Members Jerry Wells, Kevin Cameron, Bob Schaefer: Experimentalists
David Birch: Ramp Head Merlin Tom Fey, Robert Pauley: Chrysler XT36
Bob Neal: Bugatti U-16 David Birch: Intercooled Merlins
Andrew Wolfe: Torque Meter Praise Tom Fey, Mark Hollis: Engineering Truisms
Bob Pauley: Sheer Correction Jack Connors: P&W J58 Details
Gary Gould: Piston-era Recollections Dan Whitney: Jet Engine Designations
Rei Junckerstorff: Lubrication and Pinion Accolades Dennis Sparks: Mawen
Lee Hodgson: Engineers’ True-Isms
Peter Reynolds, Bob Core: Projects
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Vol. 6, No. 3—Summer 2007; 44 Pages Vol. 6, No. 4—Fall 2007; 52 Pages
On the Cover: Wright Aeronautical Corporation’s On the Cover: The Fiat AS6
Pioneering J-5 Whirlwind Back Cover: AEHS 2007 Convention Attendees
Back Cover: Wright J-5 Cross Section Features
Features The Path to the Wright J-5
The Junkers Jumo 222 Part 2: The Wright R-1 Cylinders
by Kimble D. McCutcheon by Paul Palmgren
Green C-4 Torque Talk
by Frank Munger by David Birch
The Path to the Wright J-5 Report from the 4th Annual AEHS Convention
Part 1: History of Early Radials and Dayton, Ohio (July 19-22, 2007)
Testing of Early U.S. Cylinder Designs by Larry Rinek
by Paul Palmgren Wright Brothers 1903 Engine
Departments by Frank Munger
View from the White House Reno 2007
(Noisy Endeavors, Product Review) Racing A-Round
ATDC (Setting Fire) by Dan Whitney
Presidents Message (c1931: Napier and Hispano Suiza) The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine
Air Mail - Correspondence Part 1: The Lead-up to the AS6
Passed On: Bob Havemann & Marvin Goodman by C.F. Bona
Tom Fey: Prop Progress Departments
Paul Bingham, Phil Miller: Involute Gearing and Rockers View from the White House (Conventions, Franklin O-805)
John Cundy, Kevin Cameron: Experimentalists ATDC (not published)
Dave Birch, Kim McCutcheon: Liquid-Cooled Engine Status Presidents Message
Clive Phillips, David A. Paddock: Graham White’s Runners (Listing of On-Line Catalog Donors and Transcribers)
Gene Ely: Request for Anzani Help Air Mail - Correspondence
George Genevro, Kim McCutcheon: Photos and Questions Denis Kay: J.S. (Jim) Irving Obituary
Mick Jeffries, R.F. Pauley: Chrysler XT36 Eric Zimmerman, Paul Palmgren, Doug Culy: Path to the J-5
Bill Lewis, Rory Taylor: Jumo 222
Roy E. “Gene” Harper, Bill Lewis: SDAM Mystery Engines
Peter Short, Phil Miller: Sparks
Phil Roe, Graham White: Quiet Please..!!
Bill Bishop: Green Engine Drawing
Russell Herbert, Graham White, Dave Birch: Merlin Questions
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Vol. 7, No. 1—Winter 2008; 48 Pages Vol. 7, No. 2—Spring 2008; 44 Pages
On the Cover: Franklin O-805 Display Trailer On the Cover: Bristol Hercules
Back Cover: Allison Ad, circa 1943 Back Cover: CSAMA CS 15 Speed Record Aircraft
Features Features
Desiging and Building a Display Trailer The Bristol Hercules
by Graham White Part 1: Sleeve-valve Design and Operation:
Early American Turbojets Manufacturing the Cylinder and Sleeve
by Don Stauffer by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E.
Tractor Usage of Warbird Engines in Italy Contra-Rotating Propellers
by Ugo Vicenzi Part 1: Why, How, Rotol and the Wyvern
Continental A-70 by Tom Fey
The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine
Part 2: The AS6 Engine in Detail Part 3: The AS6 Performance and Testing
by C. F. Bona by C. F. Bona
The Merlin’s Worst Enemy The Merlin’s Worst Enemy
by David Birch by David Birch
Departments The First Aero Engine Made by Rolls-Royce Ltd.
View from the White House (Due Diligence, Convention News) (With Mercedes Digressions)
ATDC (R-3350 BA Reduction Gear Problems) by Sandy Skinner
Presidents Message Departments
Air Mail - Correspondence View from the White House (Fits, Ranger Progress, Sacramento)
Peter W. Alexieff, Mike Satren: Air Racing Air Mail - Correspondence
Kevin Cameron: Regarding Sir Stanley Hooker Dan Whitney: NWOC 2008
Gary Brossett, Bouvard Hosticka: Engine Info Alvin Lowi, Jr., Alan Lea: Torque Meter Comments
E-mail, David Bienvenu, Robert Neal: Engine Info Tom Fey: News from the Prop Shop
Lee Hodgson: Sleeve Valve Model Runs Jamie Fairchild: Liberty Photos
Sandy Skinner: Aero Engines in Cars Phil Miller: ATDC R-3350
Tom Fey: More on Aeroprop
Jamie Fairchild: Isotta Fraschini
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Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 7, No. 3—Summer 2008; 48 Pages Vol. 7, No. 4—Fall 2008; 52 Pages
On the Cover: Packard 3A-1500 On the Cover: Fairchild-Caminez Engine
Back Cover: Packard Ad from 1925 Back Cover: Caminez Engine Evolution
Features Features
The Bristol Hercules Reno 2008
Part 2: Production of the Master Connecting Rod, by Dan Whitney
Airscrew Shaft, Cylinder Head, Report from the 5th Annual AEHS Convention
Sleeve Ball and Housing by Larry Rinek
by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. The Bristol Hercules Components
The Great Funk “E” Crankshaft Mystery by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E.
by Phillip A. Miller The Bristol Hercules
Packard as an Aero Engine Builder Part 3: The Gear Department, Engine, Assembly
Spark-Ignition Engines: 1923-1939 and Testing, Heat-Treatment and Process Sections,
by Robert Neal Laboratories and Standards Room
The Bristol Hercules Crankshaft by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E.
by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. Packard as an Aero Engine Builder
Departments The Packard Diesel
ATDC (Re-Powering Fifi) by Robert Neal
Presidents Message The Fairchild-Caminez Engine
Air Mail - Correspondence by Paul Christiansen
Jesse Nadel: Torque Meter Vol. 7, No. 1 Departments
Sandy Skinner: The Rolls-Royce Bible ATDC (Flying the Wright R-3350 Radial)
David Birch: In Search of the Holy Grail Presidents Message
Kim McCutcheon: AEHS Member Recognized Air Mail - Correspondence
Nick Avery: Centaurus assembly
Derek J. Collier: Halifax engine mounts
John C. Evans: Pratt & Whitney engine work
George Plonk: AEHS web site kudos
Jack Hereford: Tesla Turbine
Ron Wyman, Kim McCutcheon: Fairey P-24 engine