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Bottom photo - I think we may have found ... Dano ! 😆

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  • Don McManus
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    The Tomahawk with a 500 hp V-10.

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6031683/uploads/7MR847JFYGK0/image.png

    https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/your-500-hp-v-10-motorcycle-is-here/

    I was able to view, touch one on display at the Strugis Motocycle Rally some years ago.

    Awesome engineering and finely crafted ---- but no test drives permitted. :-(

    One wonders how many ground loops have occurred when that thing takes off.

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  • Merlinnv12

    The first one is the coolest! A rotary engine, not a radial.

    The others are unique too but I would love to see the first one running!

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  • savage170

    I work with a guy that was involved with the tomahawk project he has several pictures as it was being built

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  • gjshaw
    savage170: 31549087245979/comments/31549094263067

    I work with a guy that was involved with the tomahawk project he has several pictures as it was being built

    +1

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  • lkannes
    Merlinnv12: 31549087245979/comments/31549104299803

    The first one is the coolest! A rotary engine, not a radial.

    The others are unique too but I would love to see the first one running!

    I thought a rotary engine was the Wankle version like Mazda used. That looks like the radial engines used in aircraft. What am I missing?

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  • nononsense

    "Rotary aircraft engine

    Unlike stationary aircraft engines, in which a turning crankshaft drives the propeller, in rotaries the whole engine spins around a stationary crankshaft. The prop is bolted directly to the engine and spins with it. The primary reason for the rotary configuration was to provide adequate cooling."

    The Truth About Rotaries
    Fallacies have long obscured facts in the history of rotary engines. As in subsequent conflicts, airplane technology progressed at a rapid pace during

    Best.

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  • Merlinnv12
    nononsense: 31549087245979/comments/31549119044123

    "Rotary aircraft engine

    Unlike stationary aircraft engines, in which a turning crankshaft drives the propeller, in rotaries the whole engine spins around a stationary crankshaft. The prop is bolted directly to the engine and spins with it. The primary reason for the rotary configuration was to provide adequate cooling."

    https://www.historynet.com/the-truth-about-rotaries.htm

    Best.

    What he said! Must have been a Polish design🤣

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  • SoreShoulder

    They're both called rotaries. A Mazda-style Wankel engine and a radial engine which has the crankshaft bolted to the firewall and has the cylinders rotating. Two different concepts, same name.

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  • lkannes
    nononsense: 31549087245979/comments/31549119044123

    "Rotary aircraft engine

    Unlike stationary aircraft engines, in which a turning crankshaft drives the propeller, in rotaries the whole engine spins around a stationary crankshaft. The prop is bolted directly to the engine and spins with it. The primary reason for the rotary configuration was to provide adequate cooling."

    https://www.historynet.com/the-truth-about-rotaries.htm

    Best.

    I have learned something today. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want the thing spinning that close to my knees.

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  • discusdad

    i found the perfect cycle for the GB Geezers Motorcycle club..


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