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Varese2002 · 16 July 2009, 03:24 PM

Thanks Yavor, I think you are right. The 260 hp Salmson 9Z is quoted as 'one of the rare kind of liquid-cooled radial engines'. So we seem to be looking at a machine powered by three 80 hp Le Rhône radials, total of 240 hp (when working absolutely correctly).

There is some more light that the mystery plane is the Van den Born F5. It would be great if we knew that the Van den Born F5 was a triplane. Still more closing of the net is necessary.

Cheers

Kees

16 July 2009, 03:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
Varese2002 Guest Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands Posts: 5,287	Thanks Yavor, I think you are right. The 260 hp Salmson 9Z is quoted as 'one of the rare kind of liquid-cooled radial engines'. So we seem to be looking at a machine powered by three 80 hp Le Rhône radials, total of 240 hp (when working absolutely correctly). There is some more light that the mystery plane is the Van den Born F5. It would be great if we knew that the Van den Born F5 was a triplane. Still more closing of the net is necessary. Cheers Kees