> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/03/29 Wed PM 12:19:56 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Speaking of March Madness... > > Adam Maas wrote: > > >Oops, brain fart. Of course, some Radials were Rotaries, back in WW1 > >days (Fixed crank, spinning cylinders, prop attached to the block). > > I've heard about those. How did they wire the spark plugs on spinning > cylinders? >
I've got a vague memory of it being a normal magneto system with a wiper to distribute the EHT to each cylinder, although, if the mag spins with the crankcase, that would be uneccessary. Try reading this: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/haero10.txt mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
