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Did the B&R racer ever make it to Reno?

Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by tritone, Jan 6, 2020.

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  1. tritone

    tritone F1 Veteran
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  2. jcurry

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    Was it ever built is the question.
     
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  3. kylec

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    Never at Reno
     
  4. Rifledriver

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    #4 Rifledriver, Jan 7, 2020
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    From reading up on it I find no evidence it has been built. Certainly has not stopped them from using it for extensive advertising and promotion of their product.

    Maybe the failure of the Bugatti recreation caused them to rethink it. I also don't think that canopy shape is workable. We see all sorts of extreme canopies in streamliners at Bonneville and forgetting for the moment the other problems with it the one thing all those extreme angles wind up having in common is lack of visibility due to glare. Everything seems grand and all of the sudden you cant see anything.

    They say it uses a Rolls Falcon engine? The only reference I see for those is a WW1 era aviation motor of considerable size and weight making a couple hundred horsepower. I suspect their writer got it wrong somewhere. Looked up the wrong hawks name I suspect.
     
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  5. tazandjan

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    Brian- Affirmative, the Falcon III was a 715 lb V12 producing 275 hp that powered the DH-4 and Bristol F2B in WW-I. Power to weight ratio not really suited to anything except large biplanes.
     

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