On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:26:58 GMT, Carl Byrns
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:04:38 GMT, Joe Kultgen
wrote:


IIRC Franklin did this as well on their large diesels, especially the
ones that used both ends of the same cylinder. (Two crankshafts with
pistons compressing towards each other.)

You sure it wasn't Fairbanks-Morse? FM was famous for their OP.
I don't believe Franklin got involved with large diesels- just
air-cooled aircraft engines (except for the water-cooled Tucker).

-Carl (who lives about half a mile from the former Franklin plant).
Major purveyor of the twin crank engine was the Commer in Britain.
FMC also built them - used a lot as mine engines IIRC.