[ARC5] zero

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 16 Aug 2012 at 7:27, Bruce Long wrote:

> The sound of the engine is
> both unique and manificent but I must admit every time I hear it- even
> before I knew there was a Zero in the region- it sends a tremor of
> fear up my spine.  It just sounds dangerous and threatening.  Maybe I
> watched too many WW2 propaganda films as a boy.

Hee hee! Possibly, that last is correct. :-)

However, the Zero's original engine, the Sakae 12, 14 cylinder two-row 
radial, was an almost exact copy of the very similar Pratt and Whitney 
engine of the same design. Recently, on a Zero that was being restored, 
there was discovered the exact same plaque that P&W put on each of their 
engines, "Performance with Reliability" in English!

Ken W7EKB