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Corroding Triumph Thruxton Engine

 

Old aircraft engine. That’s all I’ve got.

 

early attempt at a sustainable power windmill

 

9 cylinder radial aircraft engine probably first world war era or early 2nd

 

Whatever it is it has a cylinder missing so will never run right

 

41/2 cylinders from 1st and the other 41/2 from 2nd?

 

All radial engines have an odd number of cylinders unless they are twin row, I.e. a 14cylinder would have two 7 cylinders side by side. They are built that way to get an even firing sequence and fire every other cylinder so 1-3-5-4-2 etc

 

Yup as I’d seen these engines widely used in 1st and 2nd wars, in all forms of aircraft military and civilian, the Fokker and sopwith camels, hey ho it’s probably an 18 cylinder in which case it’ll be 2nd ww. Single engine fighter or twin engine bomber, I’ll take a guess at a Beaufort or similar

 

Looks like the remnants of a Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engine of the type that powered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and other aircraft.......

 

Obviously a BMW......

 

It’s a welly....crashed in 1942 on a training exercise

 

Bristol! Sneaky......

 

Its the engine from a WW2 Vickers Wellington R1646 (VW)

 

Pegasus?