Recent content by Flakmann

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

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 sound the death nell for engines like the RR Merlin/Griffin/ Napier Sabre.

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 certain times during the engine cycle ,these slots line up ,hence the valve effect. These sleeves...

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 of round sleeves was solved by Clayton engineers. I don`t know what we are talking about here; a...

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 do you reckon the production run ended? :confused: