Gears, various

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/20/2015 at 16:04 • Filed to: Bristol, Hercules, Planelopnik

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Bristol Hercules aircraft engine.

Surprisingly it was very reliable in service and they made more than 57,000 of them.

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DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin
05/20/2015 at 16:05

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Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > Cé hé sin
05/20/2015 at 16:09

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Gears are pretty reliable. They don’t stretch or break (usually).


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Cé hé sin
05/20/2015 at 16:16

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Was the Hercules the engine they used on the Halifax?


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/20/2015 at 16:18

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Yes, and many others.

Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle

Avro Lancaster B.II

Avro York C.II

Bristol Beaufighter

Bristol Freighter

Bristol Superfreighter

Breguet 890 Mercure

Fokker T.IX

Folland Fo.108

Handley Page Halifax

Handley Page Hastings

Handley Page Hermes

Nord Noratlas

Northrop 8A (One Swedish 8A-1 was bought by Bristol to test the engine)

Northrop Gamma 2L

Saro Lerwick

Short S.26

Short Seaford

Short Solent

Short Stirling

Vickers Valetta

Vickers Varsity

Vickers VC.1 Viking

Vickers Wellesley

Vickers Wellington


Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Cé hé sin
05/20/2015 at 16:34

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Sleeve valves!


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/20/2015 at 16:48

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Yes, them as well.


Kinja'd!!! gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Cé hé sin
05/20/2015 at 20:54

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“whispering death” badass