mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> 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
Thanks. Fascinating stuff. The *induction* method is really amazing: They channeled the intake mixture through a hollow crankshaft!
