On Nov 5, 7:54*pm, Jim Stewart wrote:

Wow. *I wonder why the strange swash plate design
instead of an articulated crank?

I didn't expect that either, thinking it be closer to what the
P&W Master link: but did some googling, that 110HP
used an odd bearing setup.

from http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/rotary.htm
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Although remarkable, the Le Rhône used a complicated slipper
bearing system. Its master rod had three concentric grooves to
take slipper bearings from all the other cylinders. The master rod
was a split-type to allow assembly of the connecting rods. The
remaining rods carried bronze shoes, shaped to fit in the
grooves, at their inner ends. Counting the master rod as no. 1,
the shoes of no's. 2, 5, and 8 rode in the outer groove, those of
3, 6, and 9 in the middle groove, and 4 and 7 in the innermost one.
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mike
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