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Title: Twin Cammers
Post by: JERICOGTX on October 19, 2015, 06:54:16 PM

Looks like they are connected back to back by the flywheel?

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: thatdarncat on October 19, 2015, 06:58:36 PM

If I remember right it's a boat?, I think I've seen other pictures. Very cool.

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: thatdarncat on October 19, 2015, 08:18:22 PM

Here it is:

(http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff437/red0wl/Twin%20cammer%20hydroplane.jpg) (http://s1235.photobucket.com/user/red0wl/media/Twin%20cammer%20hydroplane.jpg.html)

Belonged to Walter Knudsen

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: JERICOGTX on October 19, 2015, 08:21:13 PM

Jay needs one of those... Can take the Drunk Monkey water skiing.

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: thatdarncat on October 19, 2015, 08:54:35 PM

Where's the "LIKE" button? lol

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: jayb on October 19, 2015, 09:04:05 PM

That is really, really cool.  One of them must be reverse rotation.  Wonder who made the cams?

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: thatdarncat on October 19, 2015, 09:40:25 PM

Here's a link to a nice article on Walter & the boat, including a better picture.

http://vintagehydroplanes.com/story_history/U-14/u14.html

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: 57 lima bean on October 19, 2015, 10:26:48 PM

"Wonder who made the cams"?..I like this  ;D.I'm damaged enough Jerico.

Title: Re: Twin Cammers
Post by: WConley on October 20, 2015, 12:12:30 AM

I saw those two engines for sale in Ron Miller's shop back in the late 90's.  They were on some sort of cradle and I seem to recall a reversing gearbox setup mounted between them, with the driveshaft running out the side of the box forward to a Vee drive.

Running a cammer backwards would be a problem, because the slack-side tensioner wouldn't like all of that additional load!