Who Likes Aircraft ?

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looks like a Corsair with straight wings

 

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It is a waste. Being unused.
And liquid cooled engines were proven as viable aircraft engines decades ago. Remember the aluminum Buick 340? And there are Chevy V8s being used.
Yes, the goose is a marvel and he proved it could be done. After that it is being wasted. Like having a Hemi B body and keeping it covered in the garage.

Yes, liquid cooled engines have been used used on airplanes since the beginning. However, engines designed for aviation applications have 'Free' counterweights on the crank so they can adjust themselves in the different constant rpm ranges to reduce harmonic vibration.....this is why slow & proggresive power changes need to be used in aircraft.....stabbing & gunning the engine up & down is a no no because the counterweights go chaotic.
Car engines have been adapted to aviation application for a long time in EAA(experimental aircraft aviation) for a long time...chevy V8, Ford V8, Jag V12, BMW V12 & the list goes on.
This is a build i watched in the 90's @ Corona airport. A 3/4 scale Curtiss P6-E Hawk with an LT-1 350 Chevy.
Toyota, Hamilton Standard & Cirrus made a car engine applicable to FAA General Aviation Requirements....in this They pretty much stand alone.

 

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Mmmm...Jane Russel was intoxicating.

 

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Hughes was a reckless pilot as said by those who knew him.

 

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A little about Hughes. http://www.culturewars.com/2005/Aviator.htm

 

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http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-howard-hughes

 

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http://people.com/archive/howard-hughes-doctor-gives-a-chilling-description-of-his-strange-patients-final-hours-vol-12-no-5/http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatric-disorders-of-the-rich-and-famous-1-howard-hughes/

 

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http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug05/hughes.aspxhttp://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/happened-howard-hughes-money-died/

 

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