Comments by "Gort" (@gort8203) on "The Curtiss XF14C; Dying Gasps of an Aircraft Giant" video.

  1. The precursor engine was flat, but according to the video the one originally intended for this airplane was an H pattern. Multiple variations of an H engine have been tried for both aircraft and race cars, but few were very successful. They took a lot of development, but they usually did not produce enough horsepower to overcome disadvantages such more weight, more frictional losses, more complexity, and less reliability.
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  2. From it's looks they could have sold it to the Royal Navy! ;-)
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