Fiat AS.6 engine reborn

[Simpo Two]

Two AS.5 V12 engines with dual crankshafts rotating in opposite directions, 50 litres, 3100hp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB-iCtt9zw&ab...

Used in the Macchi MC72. After engineer 'Rod' Banks had solved backfiring problems Francesco Agello set a new airspeed record for piston-powered seaplanes at 709.2 kilometres per hour (440.6 mph) on 23 October 1934, a record that still stands today.

An MC72 definitely goes in my fantasy hangar.

Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 15th November 21:12

[aeropilot]

5,000 hrs in the restoration back to running condition.....

Marvellous achievement.

[Alex Z]

I think you are missing a 0 on the bhp figure

[Simpo Two]

Alex Z said:

I think you are missing a 0 on the bhp figure

Oops!

They used ordinary hp in those days not bhp; not sure which kind is bigger.

[Eric Mc]

Aero engines have always been quoted in HP rather than BHP.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

Aero engines have always been quoted in HP rather than BHP.

Aha yes - because aeroplanes don't have brakes!

[robm3]

Simpo Two said:

Two AS.5 V12 engines with dual crankshafts rotating in opposite directions, 50 litres, 3100hp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB-iCtt9zw&ab...

Used in the Macchi MC72. After engineer 'Rod' Banks had solved backfiring problems Francesco Agello set a new airspeed record for piston-powered seaplanes at 709.2 kilometres per hour (440.6 mph) on 23 October 1934, a record that still stands today.

An MC72 definitely goes in my fantasy hangar.

Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 15th November 21:12

Meh... Porco Rosso could have taken it!! And the old ladies would have restored in half the time....