Talk:Lockheed Big Dipper

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Continental C-100[edit]

This engine is a bit of a mystery! There is no mention of it in any of the Continental articles here on Wikipedia like Teledyne Continental Motors and the Template:Teledyne Continental aeroengines and a careful check of the FAA type Certification Data Sheets shows nothing under C-100 or C100 at all, so it was never certified under that designation. I am wondering if this is actually the prototype of the O-200 engine, although this aircraft was flown in 1945 and the C-90 family was not first run until 1947. Any ideas? - Ahunt (talk) 22:58, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It says in the reference 100hp Continental C-100-12 four-cylinder engine. Perhaps it was a special due to having a shaft drive to the rear propeller? MilborneOne (talk) 23:00, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scouring the internet I found a few mentions of it, always in reference to this aircraft or two helicopter prototypes. All I can figure is that it must have been an experimental engine that was not produced after the Big Dipper crashed.

- Ahunt (talk) 23:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eight Years Later...removed the second link per WP:AVIASTAR. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 09:17, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]