Airplane Engines,  Books, DVD Videos, Models and Even More for the Homebuilt Aircraft.

Airplane Clocks Are Here  

From the Manufacturer
What better way to see how an internal combustion engine works than to be able to see all of the parts move! As you turn the crank at your own speed, each of the parts move.

Product Description
The Visible V8 engine kit includes How an Auto Engine Works - an illustrated guide to the Visible V-8 Engine as well as an instruction booklet. Turn the hand crank and watch as the interior engine parts move! Ages 12 and up.

Our Price: $47.99 ASIN: B00004YUXS

Aeronautical Engineering
Hardbound Book

A Practical Guide for Everyone Connected with the Aircraft Industry
This book provides a general overview of vintage aero-engine and airframe construction, functioning and repair, covering topics such as Engine Overhaul, General Maintenance, Lubrication Systems, Carburetors and Superchargers, Installation Theory and more. An essential reference for all aircraft engineers, vintage aircraft owners, and enthusiasts. 512 pages, 800+ B&W diagrams, 5¼"x 8½", hardcover.
#0040122

Turbochargers
Soft Bound Book

MacInnes. The only book in the world that fully explains the benefits of turbocharging piston engines. Used by most aircraft and auto factory engineering departments as the sourcebook for designing turbo systems. Also used by race car and aircraft owners to design better-than-stock turbo installations. Many examples of high horsepower turbo engines. Latest info., 160 pgs., 154 photos, 131 drawings, 70 charts, 8½"x 11", sfbd..
.....#0002467 $18.95

Vee's for Victory! : The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948 (Schiffer  Military History) 

Book Description 
Over 60 percent of U.S. Army fighters during World War II were powered by the Allison V-1710 engine. It was a strong and reliable power plant that powered the pre-war generation of 400 mph Army pursuits, and the majority of Army combat fighters on through  World War II. Even so, the V-1710 was controversial and often maligned, considered by some to have been a "second rate" engine.  Author Whitney's objective was to find, and tell, the true story of the 70,000 V-1710's and the people who built them. A critique of  Vee's For Victory! was provided by the Editor of Wings Magazine, August 1997, who wrote: "Presenting the 1929-1948 story of Allison's V-1710 engine in a revealing investigative style that uncovers a great deal of new material, this well illustrated volume represents  something seldom seen these days Ð pure, original research. Combined with lucid writing and penetrating analysis, Vee's for Victory!  recounts Allison's up and down career from Curtiss XP-37, through the XP-58, and GM XP-75 Eagle. In between are all the major  fighters which utilized the Allison, including the P-38, P-39, the lightweight fighters XP-46A and XP-47, as well as the early P-51  Mustangs. Author Dan Whitney carefully and seamlessly grafts the histories of these aircraft to their engines and supercharger  components, relying on new information from aero engineers and test pilots to present what is sure to become a milestone in the recording of aviation history.", over 400 b/w and color photographs, line drawings, charts, 8 1/2" x 11", appendices, fully annotated 
Our Price: $47.95 

Continues on from Volume 1 with the "Big Iron." Lots of propellers and cylinders. You'll thrill to the  multi-engine sounds of the B-17, the B-29 and the Martin 404. We're aboard the Lockheed Constellation  for propliner memories. You'll duck as T-28s, Sea Furies and Bearcats roar through your living room. We'll  deliver the mail to a remote village in a de Havilland Beaver. Gee Bee aerobatics provide loops and rolls. This CD is all digital and over an hour long.
.....#00A0005 $18.95

Manual for the OX-5 Engine
Soft Bound Antique Book

This reprint of the original 1918 manual details the most popular engine ever designed  in America. Covers the operation, disassembly, re-assembly, specifications, and an  order form for tools needed to repair or rebuild the OX-5 90 hp engine. 20 pgs,  photos. 5½"x 8½", sfbd.
.....#0001423 $5.95

Edsel B. Ford Trophy 

This remarkable scale reproduction of the 1925 National Air Tour trophy celebrates the history of transportation in relief detail with images from camels to horse and buggy, sailing ship to locomotive, and finally zeppelin to heavier-than-air craft. Topped off with the mythological Mercury, it is also inscribed with "This trophy is offered to encourage the up-building of commercial aviation as a medium of transportation." Made of cold-cast porcelain with a hand-applied pewter finish, this piece measures 10" tall and will be a significant addition to your collection.

Want to learn more about the original National Air Tours? The complete history is available in the book, The Ford Air Tours: 1925-1931 (item #5991).
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Wright Aero's Last Liquid-Cooled Piston Engine
 In the 1930s, when gas turbines were practically unknown, engine designers worldwide struggled to create a new and more powerful generation of aircraft engines. It was hoped these engines would push aircraft to speeds of more than 500 miles per hour. One such engine, the Tornado, was a remarkable 42-cylinder liquid-cooled radial conceived by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation.