Bentley BR2 WW 1 Rotary Aero Engine

by L K Blackmore
from Camden Miniature Steam

The backcover tells the story better than I can:

"This book contains a detailed account of the building of the o ne quarter full size working model of the famous Bentley B.R. 2. aero engine which came into prominence in the closing stages of World War I. lt represented a substantial improvement in both power output and reliability. It was the last of the rotary engines, in which the whole engine rotated around the crankshaft, which in turn was secured to the airframe.

The model of the B.R. 2. described in this book was the successful result of an attempt to restore the design of this historic engine. No drawings of the full size engine have been discovered, and very few examples of the full size engine exist. The original model, built by the Author, won a Gold Medal at the 1981 Model Engineer Exhibition at Wembley, and the Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy at the 1982 Exhibition. Since then two other engines, built from the published drawings, have won Gold Medals at subsequent Exhibitions. Others are under construction.

The great interest shown world wide in the Author's model led to the decision to publish a detailed description of the building, which includes all the fully dimensioned drawings, with over fifty accompanying photographs...

The descriptive portion taken from the official Air Ministry Handbook has been reprinted in the Appendix, with the kind permission of the Ministry of Defence. This book itself is now extremely rare and was considered to be well worthwhile incorporating."

This incredible book first appeared in 1986 and was brought back by Camden Miniature Steam in England in late 1996. If you want to knock the socks off the competition, you should consider building one of these 1/4" scale models. Excellent book loaded with rare information. Get one. 8-1/2 x 11 (actually A4) paperback 96 pages

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