American bombs destroyed the Flying Heritage Collection's A6M3-22 at Babo Airfield in New Guinea during the war. It was one of three recovered Zeros sent to Russia for restoration around 1994 and fitted with a combination of salvaged and newly crafted parts, along with a specially-modified Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine. But their BF 109 they have is the original engine along with others they have. that plane sounds really cool
I recall my Dad the Radial Engine Dude inspecting a Nakajima Sakae closely that was at Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska in the late 1960s. He pronounced that it was most reminiscent of P&W's first twin row engine the R-1535.. He opined that the cylinder bore had been enlarged to give it the 1600-some cubic inches and also that it used a single camshaft drum so that the pushrods (and their enclosing tubes) ran at an acute angle to the rear row of cylinders. So it was cheaper to manufacture and used the older crank/rod design.
Fun fact: Mitsubishi A6M Zero used a Nakajima Sakai engine which was essentially a Japanese reproduction of Pratt & Whitney's R-1830 Twin Wasp engine used on may American aircraft including Douglas DC-3.
@@patrickshaw8595 let's see. Both air-cooled 7 cyl single row radials. One 27 litre, the other 29.5 litre. One with bore and stroke 5.5/5.5, the other 5.1 /5.9. Oh my goodness !! What was I thinking?!? RADICALLY different engines !! Get a grip, troll.
@@californiadreaming9216 14 cyl twin row radials, and it's spelt "Sakae" by the way. If you're about to call him a troll, at least make sure you did your homework right. Anyway, true, they were not radically different, but calling it essentially a Twin Wasp repro is a bit of a stretch. By that logic, all twin row radials of mid 30s in the world should be called "Twin Wasp repros" and that's obviously not the case, despite all of them having similar weights, displacements, bores and strokes. And that's very convenient today, because all airworthy Zero restorations but one happily use Twin Wasps without messing up CoG and cowlings too much. In either case, Sakae does have its root in Bristol and single Wasp designs, so a handful of parts probably are interchangable but that's about it.
@@Haribo211 do you feel better now little one? No ?!? Awwwwwwww....😞 Here... have some hot cocoa. I'll draw you a nice warm bath scented with lavender and light the aromatherapy candles. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
The Nakajima Sakae engine was the result of combining the experience gained from building the licensed Bristol Mercury engine with information gained by licensing the Gnome-Rhone 14M (a smaller diameter engine) to come up with an original new design. That the engine was a copy of a P&W product was pure American war time propaganda intended to create a story to belittle Japanese engineering ability. @@californiadreaming9216
@@moronicvideos Politics? We were attacked and over 2,000 Americans were killed. I’m not glorifying anything from the Japanese Empire from that period. Engines are engines. Airframes are airframes. Big deal. A historical interest? Go ahead. But I’m not impressed.
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Chances are this aircraft does not have the original Nakajima Sakae engine, but an American made engine.
You're right, this one has a Wright R1830. Pretty sure the only flying original Sakae engine is on the A6M5 at Planes of Fame in Chino, CA.
American bombs destroyed the Flying Heritage Collection's A6M3-22 at Babo Airfield in New Guinea during the war. It was one of three recovered Zeros sent to Russia for restoration around 1994 and fitted with a combination of salvaged and newly crafted parts, along with a specially-modified Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine. But their BF 109 they have is the original engine along with others they have. that plane sounds really cool
@@fredgarv79 Oops, you're right, its engine is P&W.
I recall my Dad the Radial Engine Dude inspecting a Nakajima Sakae closely that was at Pioneer Village in Minden Nebraska in the late 1960s. He pronounced that it was most reminiscent of P&W's first twin row engine the R-1535.. He opined that the cylinder bore had been enlarged to give it the 1600-some cubic inches and also that it used a single camshaft drum so that the pushrods (and their enclosing tubes) ran at an acute angle to the rear row of cylinders. So it was cheaper to manufacture and used the older crank/rod design.
Not only is this video very interesting, but it is also amazing for its history.
Yes, indeed a tractor.
Sounds like a 1970's tractor.
Fun fact: Mitsubishi A6M Zero used a Nakajima Sakai engine which was essentially a Japanese reproduction of Pratt & Whitney's R-1830 Twin Wasp engine used on may American aircraft including Douglas DC-3.
No it wasn't. It was an adaptation and simplification of the P&W 1535 which was essentially two R 985's
@@patrickshaw8595 let's see. Both air-cooled 7 cyl single row radials. One 27 litre, the other 29.5 litre. One with bore and stroke 5.5/5.5, the other 5.1 /5.9. Oh my goodness !! What was I thinking?!? RADICALLY different engines !!
Get a grip, troll.
@@californiadreaming9216 14 cyl twin row radials, and it's spelt "Sakae" by the way. If you're about to call him a troll, at least make sure you did your homework right. Anyway, true, they were not radically different, but calling it essentially a Twin Wasp repro is a bit of a stretch. By that logic, all twin row radials of mid 30s in the world should be called "Twin Wasp repros" and that's obviously not the case, despite all of them having similar weights, displacements, bores and strokes. And that's very convenient today, because all airworthy Zero restorations but one happily use Twin Wasps without messing up CoG and cowlings too much. In either case, Sakae does have its root in Bristol and single Wasp designs, so a handful of parts probably are interchangable but that's about it.
@@Haribo211 do you feel better now little one? No ?!?
Awwwwwwww....😞
Here... have some hot cocoa.
I'll draw you a nice warm bath scented with lavender and light the aromatherapy candles. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
The Nakajima Sakae engine was the result of combining the experience gained from building the licensed Bristol Mercury engine with information gained by licensing the Gnome-Rhone 14M (a smaller diameter engine) to come up with an original new design. That the engine was a copy of a P&W product was pure American war time propaganda intended to create a story to belittle Japanese engineering ability. @@californiadreaming9216
As Long as it isn't Zeroing in on you lol😂 kamikaze!
Sounds like a toyota hilux
Not impressed. My dad was at Pearl Harbor.
So you're saying that it's impossible to be interested in aeronautics and engineering without getting into politics then?
@@moronicvideos Politics? We were attacked and over 2,000 Americans were killed. I’m not glorifying anything from the Japanese Empire from that period. Engines are engines. Airframes are airframes. Big deal. A historical interest? Go ahead. But I’m not impressed.