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Too heavy to fly but....
here is a hydrostatic diesel hog though.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FZX/is_12_70/ai_n8681022
"Montblack" <Y4-NOT...4monty4blacky@yvisiy.com> wrote in message
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> On the stern of some paddle-wheelers are the paddles. One I have been on had
> its paddle-wheels run by pumps. Pump line ran out of the engine room and
> terminated in a smallish box next to/attached to the wheel's axle.
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> Would that idea work for aircraft. Pump driven prop?
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> One advantage would be aerodynamic streamlining of the cowl. The nose of
> the plane could be almost bullet shaped ...engine might be mid plane -
> anywhere really. Engine's prop shaft no longer an issue.
>
>
> Montblack
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Re: Pump driven prop????
