[Ron Mummert]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LarryIII
[B]Ron,


I guess you have a 'thing' for the boxy look. You must have drooled when looking at old Volvo wagons or 'Box-O-Car'.
Etch-A-Sketch could be called Box-O-Draw.

Larry (I'll bet Ron wears boxers) III


No, & I'll be brief.

Let me know if the following engine design actually existed, or if I dreamed it up while spilling Chianti on my Spiro-Sketch.

We have a "headless" design, that is a flat 4,6,8 or whatever, where the pistons "bump heads" to create a combustion chamber. We have 3 spark plugs for a six piston engine, & now dual crankshafts on the opposite end, connected to.... AH,HA!! Two transmissions that can be shifted independently. I thought the design would be applicable to marine use, for a twin screw (can I say screw, Earl? I don't mean to say "Screw Earl" I mean....nevermind). Anyway, a two propeller engine using the economies & space of one engine. Wait!! I can see this in an airplane too, like a P-38.
Well....I gotta go visit the patent office now.

Ron (Where's Rube Goldberg, now that I need him?)