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Forum: Heritage and History 30-05-2015, 08:47

Replies: 74 English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Views: 11,903 Posted By Flakmann Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Apologies DtheP47, It was you who remember the Hercules engine test sheds. Just can`t believe how many typing errors I make; death Knell, death,knell, deth knell, de :D

Forum: Heritage and History 29-05-2015, 21:49

Replies: 74 English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Views: 11,903 Posted By Flakmann Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Brilliant!! That`s that then. But I`d still like to know for just how long Clayton were invoved with Hercules engines after WWII had finished. About that time the jet engine was beginning to...

Forum: Heritage and History 29-05-2015, 08:26

Replies: 74 English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Views: 11,903 Posted By Flakmann Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). I think that the sleeves slide up and down outside the liners, The pistons run inside the liners which have slots in their sides, and the sleeves - also with slots, slide outside the liners. At...

Forum: Heritage and History 28-05-2015, 19:42

Replies: 74 English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Views: 11,903 Posted By Flakmann Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Intersting stuff guys, Retlaw remembering the derelict engine test sheds suggests at least final assembly and dispatch from Clayton. A Hercules sleeve seizing problem caused by very slightly out...

Forum: Heritage and History 10-05-2015, 22:06

Replies: 74 English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). Views: 11,903 Posted By Flakmann Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors). I`ve recently read that 54,000 Bristol `Hercules` sleeve valved radial engines were made at Bristol`s `Accrington` factory. That`s an impressive number. If production started say in 1940, when...

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