According to Wikipedia, In 1939 the U.S. Army, which had already been using Continental R-670 radial engines in its light tanks , chose Continental Motors to build the R-975 under license as the engine for its M2 medium tanks . Subsequently, the same engine was selected for the M3 Lee medium tank, the M4 Sherman medium tank, the Canadian Ram tank , the M7 Priest self-propelled gun , the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer , and other Allied armored vehicles based on these. Continental versions of the R-975 for armored vehicles included the R-975E-C2, the R-975-C1, and the R-975-C4. Continental built over 53,000 R-975 engines for armored vehicles, far more than were ever built by Wright. [ 2 ]
There is a long history of putting engines designed for aircraft in tanks and armoured vehicles.The brushless outrunner type have massive amounts of torque and run at a lot lower speeds than your normal inrunners. I use 2 outrunner motors in my super class rock crawler. Tod Aeroplane engine in a tank??? Yes, and my mext tank will be a Centurion. The tank that the Danish army had when i was a soldier in the late seventies. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
