Humor, no Corvair, was: <VV> Corvair "firsts", now Julian

[airvair]

Maybe they ought to build the SUV's and vans that way. Sure would solve 
the rollover problem. LOL

-Mark

P.S. Hey Craig, don't take any wooden nicols! (G)

NicolCS@aol.com wrote:

>Not only did the Julian have a rear mounted air-cooled engine, it was a 
>horizontal, radial engine.  Now, here's the kicker"  the crankshaft was stationairy 
>and the radial cylinder-group rotated!   The movement of the cylinders 
>created the cooling airflow.  Evidently, cooling was iffy and worked better with the 
>(rear) hood removed.  No hoods for these cars exist today.  Some reports 
>indicate that there was a noticible gyroscopic effect as the vehicle (attempted) 
>to negotiate corners.
>Craig Knuckle, er..., Nicol