OT: BMW 801a motor?

[tim]

Yep. A fourteen cylinder double row radial. Standard equipment on a 1944 Focke Wulf 190. 1700 HP, 2000 w/ methanol injection engaged. No EAT chip though.

This is a remote control flying model I made of this plane using a brushless motor, lithium polymer batteries, for an all up flight weight of 15.3 oz. It is made entirely from foam. It'll do 60 mph in level flight. Check it. I'll post video if anybody's interested.

[Patrick]

nice -Adolph Galland would be proud! (nt)

[tim]

This one is Heinz Bar's 'rot 13'

Horrido

[tim]

btw I did Galland's 'red heart' BF109 2 years ago. Some pix

[Patrick]

Very nice. A friend of mine has an avaiation art print of Galland's ME10, this one iirc. It is signed by the artist and Adolph Galland.

[winfred]

i allways liked the butcher bird, cool plane

[BrianH]

I have one of a flight of Me109G-6's in flight over a group of B-17's by Robert Taylor. Signed by Galland, Rall, Steinhoff, and seven other Knight's Cross holders. Galland signed it shortly before he died. Nice print. Nice planes.

[l8apex]

A fourteen cylinder double row radial. Standard equipment on a 1944 Focke Wulf 190. 1700 HP, 2000 w/ methanol injection engaged.

http://www.aviationshoppe.com/index_files/BMW_801.jpg (http://www.aviationshoppe.com/catalog/airplane-plans.php?cPath=21&products_id=46)

[callen]

Really nice plane....

been in RC last 4 years or so...haven't yet made the switch to electrics even though they make too much sense.....just seems that working on BMW's and building planes (okay mine are Arfs) go hand in hand.

Callen PT 19 OS 120 FS, Corsair OS46FX, AT-6 OS 46, DR1 OS 91 FS

[winfred]

i never started into planes but i did get deep into gas cars, got a 1/10 scale .12 powered car that does 65 mph and a 1/8 .21 powered car that i only got up to 75 mph but i got out of racing before i got the chance to fully develop it. i need to get em all together and take a picture

[TheGeak]

Who made the engines for the Messerschmidts? There's a sweet rebuilt one 2 or 3 minutes from where my grandma lives (one of only 14 left in the world)

[tim]

Benz mostly- the 'emil' had a Daimler Benz DB601 Liquid-cooled 12-cylinder, four-stroke, 60-deg. inverted, direct-injected Vee engine rated 1,250 hp. at 2,450 rpm.
Later on the 'gustavs' had a 605 that was rated for 1875hp, but by then the merlin was in full effect on the spit and the mustang.