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Michael Scheetz · 20 May 2003, 08:26 PM

Please permit me to add another question onto this topic. The FE.2b had the 160 hp Beardmore engine. It was an upright straight 6-cylinder and water-cooled. What would you recommend as a modern alternative?

I'm open to auto engine conversions, aluminum blocks, even tractor engines.

Observing,

Fee 2b

20 May 2003, 08:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Michael Scheetz Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 157	Please permit me to add another question onto this topic. The FE.2b had the 160 hp Beardmore engine. It was an upright straight 6-cylinder and water-cooled. What would you recommend as a modern alternative? I'm open to auto engine conversions, aluminum blocks, even tractor engines. Observing, Fee 2b __________________ I'm starting on a replica Handley Page type 5 "Yellow Peril". It will cost less, take less time, and its components will just barely fit in my workshop.