Torque Meter Table of Contents Volumes 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Compiled by James Strobeck

Notes about Departments: “View from the White House” is by Graham White “ATDC” is by Kevin Cameron “President’s Message” is by Kim McCutcheon Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 2 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 1, No. 1—Winter 2002: 40 Pages Vol. 1, No. 2—Spring 2002: 40 Pages On the Cover: Curtiss-Wright’s Turbo Cyclone 18 On the Cover: Allison V-1710-F17R Back Cover: 42-cylinder Experimental Mathis Back Cover: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-32W Features Features R-3350 History & Development Reno For Gearheads, Part 2 In depth study of this much maligned engine Description of 2001 Unlimited Class Racers by Kim McCutcheon by Graham White, Photos by Dan Whitney Reno for Gearheads, Part 1 The Allison Time Bomb Description of 2001 Unlimited Class Racers Basis for ETO Problems Not Seen in the CBI and SWPA by Graham White, Photos by Dan Whitney Theatres Hi-Po Diesels by Dan Whitney Bizarre and Interesting Aircraft Diesels F4U Corsair QECs, Part 2 by Graham White More of What Powered Chance Vought’s “Whistling Death” F4U Corsair QECs, Part 1 by Graham White Power for Chance Vought’s “Whistling Death” Departments by Graham White View from the White House (Connie Trip) Departments ATDC (Care and Feeding of R-4360s) View from the White House (Beginnings) President’s Message (In the Archives) ATDC (Why Engines?) Air Mail - Letters from Members President’s Message (Why an Engine History Society?) Bill Allan: R-2800 Questions and European Tidbits Air Mail - Letters from Members Larry Rinek: ATDC Items and Some OX-5 Issues Bob Neal: Upcoming Liberty Engine Book Doug Culy: Reviewing Diesels, R-2600, R-3350 Jeremy R. Kinney: C-W Aero Engine Drawings Bob Neal: Curtiss-Wright, Packard Questions Bill Todd: R-1340 Details Richard Dale: Hi-Po Diesel Article Karl Ludvigsen: “Puffin” Gas Turbine in Automobiles Phillp A. Miller: Reflections on First Issue Charles Taylor II: On His Great-Grandfather Charles E. Taylor George Abbott: R-1340 Issues Doron Salmon: NEAM Union Blimp Engine Restoration Harry Kiley: Dieselizing the Wright R-1820 Peter Short: Books and Encouragement for the Society Richard W. Kamm: Engine Books, Early Fuel Injection Leroy McVay: F4U R-2800 Maintenance Tips Phil Miller: R-2800 Crank Construction and Balance Don Pensa: Early Aero Engines Doug Duhon: Two- Engines for Unlimited Racing, Earl Berlin, Jr: Research for New F-86H Book Tandem Engine Aircraft for Unlimited Air Racing Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 3 Volume 1 - 6 (2002 - 2007) Vol. 1, No. 3—Summer 2002: 48 Pages Vol. 1, No. 4—Fall 2002: 40 Pages On the Cover: Bristol Hercules XVI On the Cover: Packard 1A-1237 Back Cover: Details Back Cover: Packard 1A-744 and Packard 1A-1237 Features Features Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 1 Packard as an Aero Engine Builder: 1919 - 1923 The German VDM, by Tom Fey by Robert J. Neal Roll Up Your Sleeves Packard Merlin Drive Mechanism for Two-Stage Sleeve Valve Technology Engines, Part 1 by Graham White Epicyclic or Compound-Spur? F4U Corsair QECs, Conclusion by Jerry Wells by Graham White Lockheed P-38 and its Opposite Rotating Propellers Radial Engine Design Primer by Daniel D. Whitney by Jack Hereford Departments P-38 Maximum Range Procedures View from the White House (Luminaries) by Dan Whitney ATDC (Master Rod Bearings) Sarah Clark President’s Message (Members Survey Results) A Different Sort of Air Force Heroine Air Mail - Letters from Members Departments Gordon Comfort: P-38 Opposite Propeller Rotation View from the White House (Logistics) Phil Miller: Gear Lubrication — More Oil on the Fire! ATDC (Lubrication Problems of Big-End Bearings) Roy E. “Gene” Harper, Floyd Stelly, Tom Fey, Jerry Wells, Bill President’s Message (Optimism) Bompas: Sleeve Valve Engines Air Mail - Letters from Members David A. Saunders: Hallman B-56 engine Correction to V1N2 (Miss Trinidad, not Maniyack) Phil Roe: Exactor Throttle as Used on Short Stirling Bombers Dave Kirk, Michael Walton, Bob Lawrence: Connie Trip Frank Dillingham: Packard 4M-2500 Engine George Abbott, Stuart L. Farber, Richard Kamm: Allison Time Dan Whitney: New Warbird Internet Site Bomb Em Watson: XLR-11 Restoration Phil Miller, Rick Lavallee: ATDC Phil Miller: Rocket Fueled Recip Phil Miller: Tandem Twin Unlimited Racer Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 4 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 2, No. 1—Winter 2003; 40 Pages Vol. 2, No. 2—Spring 2003: 44 Pages On the Cover: The Unique Propeller Configuration of Unlimited On the Cover: The Expensive Process of Engine Development Racer Precious Metal from Prototype to Product Back Cover: Two Engines That Were Removed During the Reno Back Cover: R-4360 Cutaway 2002 Races Features Features Reno from the Pits, Part 2 Reno from the Pits, Part 1 by Graham White by Graham White Engine Development Cost, Part 2 Engine Development Cost, Part 1 by Douglas G. Culy by Douglas G. Culy Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 2 Packard Merlin Supercharger Drive Mechanism for Two-Stage The Curtiss Electric Propeller, by Tom Fey Engines, Part 2 The Allison Engineering Company: Reduction Gear and Spring How It All Works Coupling Mechanisms in the 1920s by Jerry Wells by Jerry Wells Reinventing History: The Replica Engines of Jim and Steve Hay Departments by Kimble D. McCutcheon View from the White House (Crank ‘em up) Boiler End Problems—In Aircraft Engines? ATDC (Fatigue) by Phillip A. Miller President’s Message Departments Air Mail - Letters from Members View from the White House (Music) Dave Zwolak: Sleeve Valve Engines ATDC () Steve Hinton, Dan Whitney: P-38 Propeller Rotation President’s Message (Institutions) Jerry Wells, Bob Neal: Packard 4A-2500 Air Mail - Letters from Members Dan Whitney, Jerry Wells: More on DB 605 Phil Roe: Lyndon Jones’ book Sectioned Drawings of Aero Howard Fenton: B-25 engines Engines W. Yip: B-29C engines Phil Roe: his Brother Malcom’s Story of an Aerial Collision Kevin Kenz: Kalamazoo Air Zoo Engine Recordings John C. Kent: Working on Sleeve Valve Engines Tom Fey: Precious Metal Prop Tips’ Shape John C. Kent: Griffon Engines Dick Kamm: B-36 and Other Engine Installations Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Engine Rebuild Phil Miller: Various Engineering Challenges, Past and Present Tom Finkler: A Round Engine Story Bill Allan: Aircraft Cutaways Jukka Juutinen: Probable Shortcomings of the DB 605D Charles Cartledge: Wright R-2600 Stuart Faber: Air Force Museum Upgrades Stuart L. Faber: Tuned Exhausts and Other Stories Ken Collinge: Top Quality of Torque Meter Bob Louderback: Unknown USAF Museum Kirkham Engine Bill Allan: Hispano-Suiza Book Chris Harrison: R-R Engine Testing Experiences George Abbott: Energy Consumed in Working Valve Trains Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Rebuild Jack Erickson: Hallman B-50 Engine Details Bob Keelagher: His Father’s Stories of Manchester in WWII Robert Storms: Hispano V-12 Tony Bovinich: A Special-Built R-1830 Engine Roy E. Harper: Packard Liberty and Bob Neal Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 5 Volume 1 - 6 (2002 - 2007) Vol. 2, No. 3—Summer 2003: 44 Pages Vol. 2, No. 4—Fall 2003: 48 Pages On the Cover: The I-16 On the Cover: Menasco D6SG, Reno Racer Miss America Back Cover: First Generation of US Back Cover: Menasco Unitwin, Tuned Exhaust on R-3350 Features Features The Development of Early Turbojet Engines Menasco Aircraft Engines and Their Air Racing Heritage, Part 1 by Peter Berry by Larry M. Rinek Use of 100LL Fuel in Warbird Engines Rated on Grade 100/130 Hollow-Shafted Constant Speed Propellers, Part 3 by Daniel D. Whitney The Aeroproducts Propeller, by Tom Fey The Curtiss-Wright R-1820 “Cyclone” Reno From The Pits by Kimble D. McCutcheon by Graham White Chinese Choice (the Huosai HS-7) Departments by Michael Weber View from the White House (Supercharging) Departments ATDC (Air Coolings) View from the White House (Fads & Fashions) President’s Message (Barrel Engines) ATDC (Two-Stroke Aero Engines) Air Mail - Letters from Members President’s Message Scott A Willey: Dashes in Turbine Engine Nomenclature Air Mail - Letters from Members George Abbott: More On V2N3 Merlin Accident Report Bob Lawrence: More Engine Sounds John Joss: P-38 Counter Rotating Propellers Danny Mortensen: Reno Coverage Robert Neal: V2N3 engine ID—Lorraine-Dietrich 12Ed Bill Allan: Review of Books and Web Sites Ike Kibbe: Wright Crankshaft Construction Ike Kibbe, Larry Rinek: OX-5 Observations John Minnich: Wright R-1820 & R-3350 Recalled Roy E. Harper: San Diego Air Museum News Stan Poole: Diesel R-1820 Variant for Tanks Jerry Wells: More on Packard 4A-2500 Jeff Barwick: Torque Ratings on WWII Engines Requested David Heller: R-4360 Fan Jim D. Stewart: Allison Mod.250 Explained Steve & Jim Hay: Wright Exhaust Ports in Cylinders Antony Angrand: Breguet Leviathan from Paris Mark Holloway: ID of Lorraine 12Ed Graham White: Merlin Accident Report Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 6 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 3, No. 1—Winter 2004; 40 Pages Vol. 3, No. 2—Spring 2004; 44 Pages On the Cover: Menasco in the Keith Rider Elmendorf Special, On the Cover: Barry Hares 1/5th scale Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 DC-6/7 Ram Air Scoop Back Cover: Naval Aircraft Factory XV-715 Back Cover: Radials with an EVEN Number of Cylinders/Row Features Features Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 Menasco Aircraft Engines and Their Air Racing Heritage, Part 2 by Barrington (Barry) Hares by Larry M. Rinek V-3420-B10 Timing The Quaint Valve Gear Mechanism of the British Sunbeam by Daniel D. Whitney “ARAB” Aero-Engine Emergency In-Flight Zeppelin Repairs by Jerry Wells by Eugene Bentele Torque on Takeoff The Quaint Valve Gear Mechanism of the British Sunbeam by Daniel D. Whitney “ARAB” Aero-Engine, Part 2 Ram Air Induction by Jerry Wells by Phillip A. Miller The WWII Engines of Packard Departments by Robert J. Neal View from the White House (Rewriting History) Departments ATDC (The Cost of Doing Business) View from the White House (Odds & Ends) President’s Message (John Rinek Tribute by Larry Rinek) ATDC (Wright R-3350 Reduction Gear Development) Air Mail - Letters from Members President’s Message (The Challenge of Technical History) Kim McCutcheon: V2N3 Wright P-2 Photo Correction Air Mail - Letters from Members Larry Rinek: V2N4 Menasco Corrections Ike Kibbe: Trouble with Curtiss-Wright Alvin Lowi: Barrel Cam Engines Al Boring: V3N1 Torque on Take-Off Jamie Fairchild: 42-Cylinder Diesel ID Phil Miller: More on Enhanced Expansion Dan Whitney: Torque Ratings on WWII Engines Explained Clen Tomlinson: More Master Rod Anomalies Tom Fey: Contra-Rotating Prop Details Sought Bristol Crankshaft Design Details Bill Bishop: Hallman B-50 Jim Strobeck: V-12 Firing Order Influence on Sound Les Westlake: Seeking Early Renault V-8 Info Norman Jukes: Continental A-70 Restoration Gene Vantluka: Why no Sleeve Valves and EFI in Racing? Phil Roe: Desmodromic Aircraft Engine? Doron “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Progress Billy L. Gibson: Spark Plug Heat Range Clen Tomlinson: Master Rod Anomalies Jeremy Kinney: ID of 4-Cylinder Radial? Billy L. Gibson: Merlin Rotax Mag Problems Fred van der Horst: BMW 801 Cooling Robert J. Neal: More on the Bugatti/Brequet Ike Kibbe: Wright Test Engines Phil Miller: More Power from Enhance Expansion Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 7 Volume 1 - 6 (2002 - 2007) Vol. 3, No. 3—Summer 2004; 44 Pages Vol. 3, No. 4—Fall 2004; 48 Pages On the Cover: Two Versions of the Rolls-Royce Kestrel On the Cover: Rolls-Royce Vulture Back Cover: Rolls-Royce Merlin Ad Back Cover: Allison Ad Features Features Reminiscences of Experimental Piston Engine Test, Part 1 Reminiscences of Experimental Piston Engine Test, Part 2 Merlin and Before, by C.E. Harrison Merlin and Beyond, by C.E. Harrison V-12 Firing Orders, Part 1 V-12 Firing Orders, Part 2 Design Considerations, by Daniel D. Whitney Engine Details It Will Never Run by Daniel D. Whitney by Robert F. Zilinsky Unlimited Power Man Flies by Graham White The Delightful Alberto Santos-Dumont and the World’s First Reno 2004 Results Successful Aero Engine by Graham White by Sandy Skinner Scenes From Reno 2004 Aircraft Engine Condition Analysis by Daniel D. Whitney The Sperry Aircraft Engine Analyzer, 1948-1955 Departments by Donald V. Richardson View from the White House (Rain, Rain Go Away!) Departments ATDC (Cylinder Design Elements) View from the White House (Odds & Ends Part 2) President’s Message ATDC (Wright R-3350 Cooling Development Air Mail - Letters from Members President’s Message (Curtiss “Hex” Firing Orders) Josh Myers: Guiberson Diesel Air Mail - Letters from Members John G. Crofts: More on Technically Ignorant MBAs Jerry Wells: Sunbeam “ARAB” Jim Zuccaro: Desmodromic Power Recovery Jerry Wells: Hispano-Suiza Book Bouvard Hosticka: Concentric Valves Stuart Faber, Bob Neal, Graham White: Packard WWII Engines Ted Osenga, Tom Fey: AEHS 2004 Convention Bruce Fraites: V3N1 Torque on Takeoff Scott Prentiss, Al Siefkas: J58 Last Run Robert K. Havemann, Barry Hares: R-R Eagle 22 Progress Jerry Wells: Hawks & D-12s Stu Sammis: News of a Third-Scale R-R Merlin Robert K. Havemann: R-3350 Progress Frederick U. Nelson: Gotcha! Doug Culy: Reviews of Books Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 8 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 4, No. 1—Winter 2005; 44 Pages Vol. 4, No. 2—Spring 2005; 48 Pages On the Cover: Brian Perkins’ Bristol Aquila On the Cover: Brian Perkins’ Bristol Hydra Back Cover: Ad for Townend Ring Back Cover: Mechanical Arrangements of Gas Turbines Features Features Pobjoy My Wife Calls it an OBSESSION!!!! Part 2 by Sandy Skinner Bristol Hydra My Wife Calls it an OBSESSION!!!! Part 1 by Brian Perkins BP 75 and Bristol Aquila Torquemeters: Developments Through 1945 by Brian Perkins by Kimble D. McCutcheon Rolls-Royce Eagle Drawing Gnome Rotary Drawing by Frank Munger by Frank Munger An Aero-Engine that “Never Was” Low Bypass Engines The Fabulous Packard “A-833” by Peter Berry, MRAeS by Jerry Wells Departments Early Axial Flow Turbojet Engines View from the White House (Paradigm Shift) by Peter Berry, MRAeS ATDC (Heat Resistant Materials, Part 1) Departments President’s Message View from the White House (Book Ends) Air Mail - Letters from Members ATDC (A Reversible Process) Bouvard Hosticka: Concentric Valves President’s Message (NARA Treasures) Robert Neal: Packard “1A-833” Air Mail - Letters from Members Steve Bezman, Steve Zielinski , Bill Allan: Etymology of “Nip” Dan Whitney: Seeking Info on 91 Octane Use in Warbirds Doug Culy: JT3/J57 Darrell Yonker, Larry Rinek: Concentric Valves Dave Birch: DB603 Engine John A. May: Memories of Emory Collins Clen Tomlinson, Larry Rinek: OX-5 Cylinder Attachment Thomas Johnson: Russian M14P Engines Herb Friedman, Robert Neal: Racing Liberty Alex Pong: Steam is Colorless, Condensate Visible Jerry Woolf: BMEP-drop Leaning Phil Roe: Flight Engineers’ Workload Phil Roe: BMEP Comparisons Phil Roe: R-4360 Cooling Peter Verbree: Hydraulic Lock Darrell Yonker: Torque on Takeoff Drew Lofthus: Tulsa Technology Center Running Engines Phil Miller: Pre-Intake-Valve Charge Rotation Paul M. Redlich: Differences in Merlin -7, -9 and -9A John May: 1/8-Scale Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 9 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 4, No. 3—Summer 2005; 44 Pages Vol. 4, No. 4—Fall 2005; 44 Pages On the Cover: A Napier Lion VIIB On the Cover: The Indefatigable Curtiss OX-5 Back Cover: 1929 Schneider Trophy Program Back Cover: Napier Advertisement, circa 1930 Features Features High Bypass Turbofan Engines Boost Pressure by Peter Berry, MRAeS Does anybody understand it???? A Story About Two Small Old Aircraft Engines by Jerry Wells by Charles Scudder Reno 2005 Napier Lion Drawing Going Round and Round at Reno! by Frank Munger by Dan Whitney vor Benzineinspritzung (before fuel injection) Bentley B.R.2 Drawing The Mercedes-Benz DB 600 Carburettor System by Frank Munger by Jerry Wells The Curtiss OX-5 A Detonation Scenario by Sandy Skinner by Les Waters and Kimble D. McCutcheon Departments Departments View from the White House (Will the Real Rolls-Royce Please View from the White House (Old Bold Pilots) Stand Up) ATDC (Heat Resistant Materials, Part 2) ATDC (Detonation and Preignition) President’s Message (On-Line National Archives Catalog) President’s Message (2005 Convention) Air Mail - Letters From Members Air Mail - Letters from Members Allan McGuinnes: Comments on George Bulman George Abbott: Gnome-Rhone Questions Jeff Beyer: ID of V2N3 Engine - Caminez Kevin Cameron: Engine Vibration Steve Ledger: Desmodromic Reventlow “Scarab” Barrie Gerolamy: Mercedes S196 Desmodromic Cam Ted Osenga: Arkansas Air Museum Review Jerry Wells: Napier Lion VIIB Dan Whitney: V-1710 Project Runs! “Sal” Salmon: FIAT A-12 Restoration Clen Tomlinson: Napier Sabre Replica Brett James: Renault 4P03 Restoration Jerry Wells, Kim McCutcheon: TM Layout Rationale Dan Hagedorn, Phillip Drews, Colin Green: Questions Jerry Wells: Gnome-Rhone Questions John Mohr: Carb Ice Phil Roe: Torque Reaction Dave Birch: Air vs Liquid Cooling Gerald Ryan: Ultimate Aero Engine Design Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 10 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 5, No. 1—Winter 2006; 52 Pages Vol. 5, No. 2—Spring 2006; 52 Pages On the Cover: Rolls-Royce Merlin Reverse Rotation Gearbox Covers: Two Roads to the Same Exhausting Destination Back Cover: Lawrance J-1 and Curtiss R-1454 Front: The Curtiss-Wright R-3350 Turbo Compound Features Rear: P&W/GE R-4360 Variable Discharge Turbine The Szydlowski-Planiol S-39 Supercharger Features by Jerry Wells The Ramp Head Merlin Antionette V-8 Drawing by Jerry Wells by Frank Munger The MASM Gnome Omega Engine The Impact of the Engine on the Airframe by Don Stauffer Schedule Effects-German Development in WWII Turbocompounding the Wright Way Part 1: The Engines by Tom Fey by Douglas Culy Balzer-Manley 1903 Drawing Gearing for Gearheads by Frank Munger Part 1, by Phillip A. Miller The Impact of the Engine on the Airframe Departments Schedule Effects-German Jet Engine Development in WWII View from the White House (Rarest of the Rare) Part 2: The Aircraft ATDC (Brick by Brick) by Douglas Culy President’s Message (AEHS Archives) Conceive, Construct, Configure, then Run Your Demo Engine Air Mail - Letters from Members Or How I Got My V-1710 Running Geoff Boultwood: Warner/Kinner by Dan Whitney Kip Lankenau, Michael Jeffries, Lee Hodgson, Early Glimpses of US Aviation George Missbach, Jr: Torque Meter Praise Guest Essay Bill Bishop, David Birch: Napier Lion Dwg (V4N4 pg 21) by Bill Gunston Darrell Yonker: V4N4 Boost Departments Stan Bloyer: WOT Shutdown? View from the White House (Keeping Our Country Safe, by Dan Whitney, Sam Ferguson: National Archives Experience Luke Roy) Ricardo Vidal: Model Engines in Barcelona ATDC (Rocket Propulsion) President’s Message (Richard Kamm Tribute) Air Mail - Letters from Members David Birch: Displacement vs Power Allan McGuinnes: Ultimate Aero Engine Design Robert L. Taylor: WOT Shutdown Andrew Matters, Phil Roe, Carl F. Bachle: IV-1430 Clen Tomlinson, Hugh Gordon: Bizarre Engine Failures Bob Neal: Liberty Book Progress, Coffman Starters Ted Osenga: Museum Visits Art Medcalf: ADI (k) Captured Document Microfilm Index Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 11 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008) Vol. 5, No. 3 - Summer 2006; 44 Pages Vol. 5, No. 4—Fall 2006; 56 Pages On the Cover: Bugatti U-16 On the Cover: Prototype Burt Sleeve Valve V-12 (1917) Back Cover: Liberty Distributor Cap Details Back Cover: The 12.8 litre Argyll Sleeve Valve Engine (1914) Features Features The U-16 Revisited The 120 HP Argyll by Sandy Skinner Pioneer Sleeve Valves Aero-Engine An Introduction to Turbine Blading by Jerry Wells by Dan Whitney Gearing for Gearheads, Part 3 Hispano-Suiza Model D Drawing by Phillip Miller by Frank Munger Austro-Daimler 120 HP Drawing Re-Inventing the Liberty Cap, Part 1 by Frank Munger by Kip Lankenau One Second on the Course in Dreadnought Gearing for Gearheads, Part 2 by Tom Fey by Phillip Miller Re-Inventing the Liberty Cap, Part 2 Departments by Kip Lankenau View from the White House (Sun ‘n Fun, Auctions) Report from the 3rd Annual AEHS Convention ATDC (not published) by Larry Rinek President’s Message (Donors and Volunteers) Reno 2006 Air Mail - Letters from Members Radial Gold Jim Strobeck: WOT Shutdown by Dan Whitney Dan Whitney: Ramp Head Merlin Departments John Schauer: R-4360 Book View from the White House (Out & About) Dennis Fadden: R-4360 Model ATDC (Lubrication) President’s Message (R-R & Magnetic Inspection, c. 1931) Air Mail - Letters from Members Tom Fey, Chris Reed: 2006 Convention Dan Whitney, Dave Birch: National Archives Work Session Mark Seidel: Bugatti U-16 Jerry Wells: Etymology of “Junk Head” Stephen C. Ledger, Tom Fey: Curtiss-Wright PRTs Hans Kewenter, Phil Miller: Involute Rocker Arm Tips? Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 12 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 6, No. 1—Winter 2007; 48 Pages Vol. 6, No. 2—Spring 2007; 48 Pages On the Cover: Chrysler’s XT36-D2 Recuperated On the Cover: Curtiss at Ormond Beach Back Cover: The Mawen 20S Back Cover: John May’s Packard 4A-2500 Features Features Early Intercooled Merlins Curtiss Aviation Engines by Jerry Wells An American Success Story Chrysler’s 1,000 HP Recuperated Turboprop by Larry M. Rinek The XT36-D2—6,927 Inconel Tubes! Anzani 24.5 HP by Robert F. Pauley by Frank Munger Renault 70 HP Liquid-Cooled Engine Status: 1936-1938 by Frank Munger by Kimble D. McCutcheon and David Birch The Mawen Bi-Rotary Engine The Curtiss AB Aero-Engine by Dennis Sparks by Jerry Wells “Gearing for Gearheads” Redux Departments by Phillip Miller View from the White House (Trials of Engine Restoration) Departments ATDC (Why No B-29 ) View from the White House Presidents Message (Frank J. Walker, 1919-2007) (Mechanical Carnage at Reno, Postscript) Air Mail - Letters from Members ATDC (Experimentalists) John May: Packard 4A-2500 Project “From the Designers...” by Jerry Wells Kip Lankenau: Liberty Progress Presidents Message Tom Fey: Propeller Project (National Archives Project, c1931: Steam, Air & Water Cooling) Steve Kouzoujian, Dan Whitney: Allison -27 Air Mail – Letters from Members Jerry Wells, Kevin Cameron, Bob Schaefer: Experimentalists David Birch: Ramp Head Merlin Tom Fey, Robert Pauley: Chrysler XT36 Bob Neal: Bugatti U-16 David Birch: Intercooled Merlins Andrew Wolfe: Torque Meter Praise Tom Fey, Mark Hollis: Engineering Truisms Bob Pauley: Sheer Correction Jack Connors: P&W J58 Details Gary Gould: Piston-era Recollections Dan Whitney: Jet Engine Designations Rei Junckerstorff: Lubrication and Pinion Accolades Dennis Sparks: Mawen Lee Hodgson: Engineers’ True-Isms Peter Reynolds, Bob Core: Projects Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 13 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 6, No. 3—Summer 2007; 44 Pages Vol. 6, No. 4—Fall 2007; 52 Pages On the Cover: Wright Aeronautical Corporation’s On the Cover: The Fiat AS6 Pioneering J-5 Whirlwind Back Cover: AEHS 2007 Convention Attendees Back Cover: Wright J-5 Cross Section Features Features The Path to the Wright J-5 The Junkers Jumo 222 Part 2: The Wright R-1 Cylinders by Kimble D. McCutcheon by Paul Palmgren Green C-4 Torque Talk by Frank Munger by David Birch The Path to the Wright J-5 Report from the 4th Annual AEHS Convention Part 1: History of Early Radials and Dayton, Ohio (July 19-22, 2007) Testing of Early U.S. Cylinder Designs by Larry Rinek by Paul Palmgren Wright Brothers 1903 Engine Departments by Frank Munger View from the White House Reno 2007 (Noisy Endeavors, Product Review) Racing A-Round ATDC (Setting Fire) by Dan Whitney Presidents Message (c1931: Napier and Hispano Suiza) The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine Air Mail - Correspondence Part 1: The Lead-up to the AS6 Passed On: Bob Havemann & Marvin Goodman by C.F. Bona Tom Fey: Prop Progress Departments Paul Bingham, Phil Miller: Involute Gearing and Rockers View from the White House (Conventions, Franklin O-805) John Cundy, Kevin Cameron: Experimentalists ATDC (not published) Dave Birch, Kim McCutcheon: Liquid-Cooled Engine Status Presidents Message Clive Phillips, David A. Paddock: Graham White’s Runners (Listing of On-Line Catalog Donors and Transcribers) Gene Ely: Request for Anzani Help Air Mail - Correspondence George Genevro, Kim McCutcheon: Photos and Questions Denis Kay: J.S. (Jim) Irving Obituary Mick Jeffries, R.F. Pauley: Chrysler XT36 Eric Zimmerman, Paul Palmgren, Doug Culy: Path to the J-5 Bill Lewis, Rory Taylor: Jumo 222 Roy E. “Gene” Harper, Bill Lewis: SDAM Mystery Engines Peter Short, Phil Miller: Sparks Phil Roe, Graham White: Quiet Please..!! Bill Bishop: Green Engine Drawing Russell Herbert, Graham White, Dave Birch: Merlin Questions Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 14 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 7, No. 1—Winter 2008; 48 Pages Vol. 7, No. 2—Spring 2008; 44 Pages On the Cover: Franklin O-805 Display Trailer On the Cover: Bristol Hercules Back Cover: Allison Ad, circa 1943 Back Cover: CSAMA CS 15 Speed Record Aircraft Features Features Desiging and Building a Display Trailer The Bristol Hercules by Graham White Part 1: Sleeve-valve Design and Operation: Early American Turbojets Manufacturing the Cylinder and Sleeve by Don Stauffer by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. Tractor Usage of Warbird Engines in Italy Contra-Rotating Propellers by Ugo Vicenzi Part 1: Why, How, Rotol and the Wyvern Continental A-70 by Tom Fey The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine The Mighty Fiat AS6 Engine Part 2: The AS6 Engine in Detail Part 3: The AS6 Performance and Testing by C. F. Bona by C. F. Bona The Merlin’s Worst Enemy The Merlin’s Worst Enemy by David Birch by David Birch Departments The First Aero Engine Made by Rolls-Royce Ltd. View from the White House (Due Diligence, Convention News) (With Mercedes Digressions) ATDC (R-3350 BA Reduction Gear Problems) by Sandy Skinner Presidents Message Departments Air Mail - Correspondence View from the White House (Fits, Ranger Progress, Sacramento) Peter W. Alexieff, Mike Satren: Air Racing Air Mail - Correspondence Kevin Cameron: Regarding Sir Stanley Hooker Dan Whitney: NWOC 2008 Gary Brossett, Bouvard Hosticka: Engine Info Alvin Lowi, Jr., Alan Lea: Torque Meter Comments E-mail, David Bienvenu, Robert Neal: Engine Info Tom Fey: News from the Prop Shop Lee Hodgson: Sleeve Valve Model Runs Jamie Fairchild: Liberty Photos Sandy Skinner: Aero Engines in Cars Phil Miller: ATDC R-3350 Tom Fey: More on Aeroprop Jamie Fairchild: Isotta Fraschini Aircraft Engine Historical Society Torque Meter Table of Contents 15 Volume 1 - 7 (2002 - 2008)

Vol. 7, No. 3—Summer 2008; 48 Pages Vol. 7, No. 4—Fall 2008; 52 Pages On the Cover: Packard 3A-1500 On the Cover: Fairchild-Caminez Engine Back Cover: Packard Ad from 1925 Back Cover: Caminez Engine Evolution Features Features The Bristol Hercules Reno 2008 Part 2: Production of the Master Connecting Rod, by Dan Whitney Airscrew Shaft, Cylinder Head, Report from the 5th Annual AEHS Convention Sleeve Ball and Housing by Larry Rinek by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. The Bristol Hercules Components The Great Funk “E” Crankshaft Mystery by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. by Phillip A. Miller The Bristol Hercules Packard as an Aero Engine Builder Part 3: The Gear Department, Engine, Assembly Spark-Ignition Engines: 1923-1939 and Testing, Heat-Treatment and Process Sections, by Robert Neal Laboratories and Standards Room The Bristol Hercules Crankshaft by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. by J. A. Oates, A.M.I.E.I., Int.A.M.I.P.E. Packard as an Aero Engine Builder Departments The Packard Diesel ATDC (Re-Powering Fifi) by Robert Neal Presidents Message The Fairchild-Caminez Engine Air Mail - Correspondence by Paul Christiansen Jesse Nadel: Torque Meter Vol. 7, No. 1 Departments Sandy Skinner: The Rolls-Royce Bible ATDC (Flying the Wright R-3350 Radial) David Birch: In Search of the Holy Grail Presidents Message Kim McCutcheon: AEHS Member Recognized Air Mail - Correspondence Nick Avery: Centaurus assembly Derek J. Collier: Halifax engine mounts John C. Evans: Pratt & Whitney engine work George Plonk: AEHS web site kudos Jack Hereford: Tesla Turbine Ron Wyman, Kim McCutcheon: Fairey P-24 engine