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Varese2002 · 16 July 2009, 05:39 AM

Paolo, this is a mystery thread, logically the French F class designation is also a mystery

Thanks for looking through STAé reports, never seen them myself though.

In the meantime I have done some research about the engines of the Van den Born F5

Le Rhône 80 hp 9-cylinder

Salmson Z-9 230 hp 9-cylinder

Engine on the mystery 3-engined triplane

Unfortunately the picture of the engine of the mystery plane is not very sharp, so the distinguishing bougie at the side of the Le Rhône cylinders cannot be distinguished. Looking at the 'pipes' I have a slight preference for the Le Rhône, but this is no fact. Perhaps the engine experts can do a sure identification?

Cheers

Kees

16 July 2009, 05:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
Varese2002 Guest Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands Posts: 5,287	Paolo, this is a mystery thread, logically the French F class designation is also a mystery Thanks for looking through STAé reports, never seen them myself though. In the meantime I have done some research about the engines of the Van den Born F5 Le Rhône 80 hp 9-cylinder Salmson Z-9 230 hp 9-cylinder Engine on the mystery 3-engined triplane Unfortunately the picture of the engine of the mystery plane is not very sharp, so the distinguishing bougie at the side of the Le Rhône cylinders cannot be distinguished. Looking at the 'pipes' I have a slight preference for the Le Rhône, but this is no fact. Perhaps the engine experts can do a sure identification? Cheers Kees Last edited by Varese2002; 16 July 2009 at 05:40 AM. Reason: Typo