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The engine was extremely light | The Adams-Farwell was another early US rotary engine which was being manufactured for use in automobiles by 1901. Emil Berliner sponsored the development of the Adams-Farwell engine as a power unit for his helicopter experiments. The engine was extremely light and was ideal for vertical flight. Designed and built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1907, this engine powered three, man-lifting experimental helicopters. Two of these helicopters were designed by Emile Berliner and flown in 1909 and 1910. The third was designed by J. Newton Williams and flown in 1909. | ||
Adams-Farwell engines later powered fixed-wing aircraft in the United States after 1910. It has been claimed that the Gnôme design of the French was patterned from the Adams-Farwell; an Adams-Farwell car was reported to have been demonstrated to the French Army in 1904. Unlike the later Gnôme engines, the Adams-Farwell rotaries had exhaust and inlet valves mounted in the cylinder heads. | |||
See: [[ADAMS-FARWELL AUTOMOBILES]] | See: [[ADAMS-FARWELL AUTOMOBILES]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:12, 2 October 2009
ROTARY ENGINE. Revolutionary advancement in automotive engineering. The ADAMS COMPANY built a successful rotary engine. The design was originated by Fay Oliver FARWELL in 1896.
The Adams-Farwell was another early US rotary engine which was being manufactured for use in automobiles by 1901. Emil Berliner sponsored the development of the Adams-Farwell engine as a power unit for his helicopter experiments. The engine was extremely light and was ideal for vertical flight. Designed and built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1907, this engine powered three, man-lifting experimental helicopters. Two of these helicopters were designed by Emile Berliner and flown in 1909 and 1910. The third was designed by J. Newton Williams and flown in 1909.
Adams-Farwell engines later powered fixed-wing aircraft in the United States after 1910. It has been claimed that the Gnôme design of the French was patterned from the Adams-Farwell; an Adams-Farwell car was reported to have been demonstrated to the French Army in 1904. Unlike the later Gnôme engines, the Adams-Farwell rotaries had exhaust and inlet valves mounted in the cylinder heads.