Well, the B-25 only had 28 cylinders, while the Lancaster had 48. But it always seemed that the radials sort of rumbled while the v-12's sort of snarled. The one that always sent shivers up my spine was the Beech 18 (C-45) throttled back with the 9 cyl P&W R-985 engines slightly out of sync.
frank theriault wrote: > > You're right, it does sound great, but there's something about radial > engines that turns my crank. I've heard Corsairs, which are > incredibly loud, but the only multi-engined radials I've ever heard is > a B25 Mitchell. Even with only two engines, IMHO they sound better > than the four Merlins in the Lanc! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
