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Posted by D Sherman [72.47.9.228] on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:11:28 :
I recently came across this paragraph in an article about WWII tank engines and wondered if anyone here has heard of such a thing:
"Designers tried using a Chrysler "multi-bank" engine, which was really five inline 6-cylinder flatheads bolted to a common crankcase. This was unsatisfactory because of the nightmare of servicing a 30-cylinder engine, and because total output was only 375 hp, not nearly enough for a 32-ton tank going cross-country."
Were the 5 flatheads arranged radially? Surely they weren't set up end-to-end in one long line. With an odd number they couldn't have been in a V configuration. I wonder if any of these engines is still in existence.
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