Taplin engines

[1650bullet]

Has anyone ever heard seen or used one of these at all. Are they for marine use only.


http://youtu.be/3CduQc_c_ec

[Keith.P]

Looks to be a marine only, Unless it still has fins under the water jackets, but I doubt it has, pull a head off and have a look.
Oily old things,I have a thirty year old plane with a glow-plug motor around, never flown.
I converted a two stroke car motor to marine for one of my boats, still got the motor, but the fibreglass boat didn't make the turn and was destroyed.

[charlesp]

Have a look at:

http://modelenginenews.org/index.html

On the sidebar to the left look up the engine finder. The story of the Taplin twin is told there. Problem is you may become fascinated and that site can be a time stealer

[charlesp]

The other Charles just rang me complaining about that last link and how it had wasted his afternoon, so in the spirit of keeping him from doing anything useful here's another link that's just taken a chunk of my own day:

http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabili ... fault.aspx

[Collector Inspector]

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