Sopwith Camel and Spitfire Flying Side-By-Side

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Sopwith Camel and Spitfire Flying Side-By-Side

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Sopwith Camel and Spitfire Flying Side-By-Side. It's in the latter half of this video. Download: http://www.themaingate.net/sopwith_and_spitfire_.avi

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This post was meant ... ( 6 months ago by camelpilot)

This post was meant for 1SKILO btw.

I think this Camel ... ( 5 months ago by agentseventyseven)

I think this Camel belongs to Peter Jackson, the kiwi director.

Only in America, ... ( 5 months ago by leroyboyce)

Only in America, Bozo!
The Spitfire was known throughout the world, and defined air warefare during WWII...

hwo cres there both ... ( 5 months ago by arbitar222)

hwo cres there both beautifull aircrafts nice to see them flying again

I don't know I ... ( 5 months ago by Celticswynd)

I don't know I kinda like the sound.

Very informative... ... ( 4 months ago by bigbeninjax)

Very informative....didn't know it was a rotary engine. Kinda like a Mazda RX7 in the sky! LOL 'Thanks for posting.

What a sight. Two ... ( 4 months ago by neraru)

What a sight. Two legends of the air, flying side by side.
Mr Munky

Superb ( 4 months ago by ThePhantomMajor)

Superb

Magnificent! What ... ( 3 months ago by pm2324)

Magnificent! What character in those aircraft.

No the Mazda rotary ... ( 3 months ago by pm2324)

No the Mazda rotary engine is completely different from what the Sopwith camel has. The Mazada design only a part of the engine is rotary.

Yeah, you're right. ... ( 3 months ago by Carlovingjosh)

Yeah, you're right. The Mazda's is a rotary wankel engine, the one on planes is a "radial" engine not "rotary"

Hi, can you tell me ... ( 3 months ago by Carlovingjosh)

Hi, can you tell me where you downloaded this video? I clicked the link in your vid description but it didn't work. Can you tell me what site or wherever you downloaded it from thanks.

Hmm, I'll have to ... ( 3 months ago by bigbeninjax)

Hmm, I'll have to look that up. Sounds interesting. I never really understood why the Wankel didn't catch on. I had an early RX7. It did backfire occasionally (kinda like the Sopwith...LOL) but it ran like a scalded cat. Thx.

The reason Wankel ... ( 3 months ago by McLarenMercedes)

The reason Wankel never caught on was mainly their tremendous thirst. Not to mention they were expensive to produce.
The Sopwith Camel has no wankel engine. In a wankel the triangular piston rotates in the cylinder. The Sopwith Camel has a rotary engine where the crankhouse is bolted to the plane and the cylinders rotate in a circle with the pistons going up and down in those cylinders like in any other 4-stroke
piston engine.

Yes,most planes ... ( 3 months ago by McLarenMercedes)

Yes,most planes have "radial" engines with their cylinders fixed, but the Sopwith Camel has a rotary engine where the CYLINDERS rotate (solved cooling problems back then) around an axle, but in those cylinders the pistons go up and down like any other 4-stroke engine. TOTALLY different from a Wankel.

Well the war ... ( 3 months ago by AlexDeLarge90)

Well the war wouldn't in that case not been won if not the Soviets killed 80 percent of all germans and destroyed 3/4 of the nazi war machinery.
Nazi germany sent most of their men and weapons to fight the Red Army. The western allies were well aware invading continental Europe was impossible if not the majority of the nazi war machine was held up on a loooooong eastern front. Therefore sending food,medicine and trucks to them was of utte
rmost importance.

Ah, yeah, thanks. ... ( 3 months ago by Carlovingjosh)

Ah, yeah, thanks. It was only yesterday that I read about that.
I know, the conversation about a Wankel engine was about something completely different, I know the Camel doesn't have a Wankel engine. Thanks for the info anyway =D

Yes, I did good to ... ( 3 months ago by bigbeninjax)

Yes, I did good to get 18-20 mph out of that RX7, even when I wasn't lead-footed. I now understand the difference between the radial and rotary design (Mazda misnomered there's, I feel); however, why did they put pistons in the cylinders? Seems like it would have been more efficient if the cylinders/plugs were firing against the stationary crankhouse, therefore spinning the cylinders and propeller. Kind of like a reverse Wankel. Thx.

The problem wasn't ... ( 2 months ago by GGigabiteM)

The problem wasn't cooling related. They could cool the engines fine. The problem was that they didn't know how to properly balance the engine and the tolerances were terrible so unless they bolted a huge flywheel on the engine, it would rattle the plane apart. The rotary radial engine used the crankcase as the flywheel to save weight but they still had a horrible power to weight ratio. 345 lbs for 160 hp is way down there.

thanks, always ... ( 2 months ago by McLarenMercedes)

thanks, always thought cooling was the main reason the rotary design was popular in early aviation

first time i sat in ... ( 1 month ago by mjok2004)

first time i sat in that to fly it in its day I would of been very alert WEAPON!

Rotary engines used ... ( 1 month ago by billn6291)

Rotary engines used every thing except the crank, mags, oil pump and carburetor as a fly wheel. Had the engineering community not made them subtract "windage" from their horsepower ratings they would have been much higher--I have one and should I wish to replace it with a rotating crank, I would need to double the rated horsepower to achieve anywhere near like performance.--Bill Woodall

Rotary engines used ... ( 1 month ago by billn6291)

Rotary engines used everything except the carburetor,oil pump, and magnetos as a flywheel.Had not the engineering community saddled them with "windage" figures for spinning the mass, they would and should have had much higher horsepower ratings. I have one, and should I choose to replace it with a rotating crank, I would neeed to look a doubling the rated horsepower to get similar performance. Bill Woodall

Where was this ... ( 1 day ago by jimbob1194)

Where was this filmed. Gr8 vid btw

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