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more about #worldwar2 more comments → adamrice: I think the Triebflugel wins for crazy powertrains (and crazy everything). more » Mobius: Yo, yeah, everyone in the club, come on! I'm the Douglas MixMaster, No bomber can fly faster, Two V12 Allisons yo, Contra-props make me go! I betcha... more » 2Wheelsor4: The Moto-Stig: Pfft, contra props? Long driveshaft in he bell Airacobra and KingCobra, mundane, why not have two engines, one pushing, and the other pulling. May I... more » r0ver: Reading the Wikipedia article asssciated,I see a mention of a book in the index 'The Worlds Worst Aircraft' . Is this a Jalopnik reference manual ? more » ursa: except for the contrarotating props combining two engines into one output is pretty common in helicopters. And two into two contra-props is how every... more » evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: This just reminds me how sad I am that the F-22 has been cut back and the replacement for the Space Shuttle is a fucking rocket. more » dohcspit: Why stop at one contra-rotating prop: more » Thrashy, perpetual Minardi: co-axial contra-rotating helicopters have all that stuff, plus a bunch of control linkages. Helicopters are scary. more » ccc40821: The Germans used a more sensible two-engine design, by having an engine and prop at each end; the Dornier Do335, also known unofficially as 'The Antea... more » Super Moose: Ha you want to see something crazy? This is the drive train for the P-39 Airacobra. The propeller actually rotates around a 37mm cannon and the drive ... more » stinkycatfish: This is my favorite ill-advised aircraft: [en.wikipedia.org] more » f86sabre: I see you the XB-42 and raise you the Convair XFY-1. Same sort of drive train with counter rotating props, BUT you have to be able to back the damn t... more » Buickboy92: Wow, Cool looking plane. You think they make something like this today? more » Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: That is some fucking Planeopnik right there. more » LBJ's Love Child: And people thought the damn Krauts had all the cool ideas. Hell, we not only had good ideas, we WON the damn war. more » -
#planelopnik
You Like Complicated Drivetrains? Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster!
Putting engines in the wings of a great big bomber- who needs all that extra air resistance? Instead, put a couple of Allison V12s inside the fuselage, then have them drive contra-rotating propellers! More » -
#engineoftheday
Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
Is there any piston engine that could possibly inspire as much awe as the ICBM-haulin' GMC Twin Six? What if we said we'd found a 5-bank, 30-cylinder Chrysler for you? Yes, five banks! More » -
#chooseyoureternity
PCH, 500 Bucks Worth Of Rust Edition: Skoda Felicia or Burma Jeep?
We were shocked, shocked to learn that the Peugeot 404 Baja racer annihilated the Oval Window Baja Bug in last Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll. It's a new week, however, and we've got new challenges ahead. Let's head on up to Seattle, where the constant rain creates sort of a year-round meat-market singles bar for lonely iron atoms looking to hook up with promiscuous oxygen atoms... and nobody goes home alone! When you've got a vehicle that's been sitting outside in coastal Washington for decade after decade, you figure you ought to be able to get it for a very reasonable price- and you figured right! Zeet has earned a PCH Tipster T-shirt by finding us a couple of tantalizingly cool machines sitting in the sodden Pacific Northwest weeds, so let's drive right in to a colder, damper Project Car Hell! More » -
#downonthestreet
1943 International Harvester Truck
It's not only Truck Monday, it's Memorial Day! We haven't seen a street-parked vintage military vehicle since the Unimog of last fall, and we're due for another war wagon! I spotted this '43 IHC on the same block as the minister's '77 Camaro, and it was apparently surrounded by Soviet troops. Nothing I see on the street in Alameda surprises me any more, so I stopped to see what was going on. More » -
