In 1910 Walter Christie became involved in the aviation world. In a brief one year period, Christie seems to have produced two different new aircraft engines as well as an airframe.
His V8 engine is amazing. It was a single overhead cam V8 with each cam operating directly on 2 valves per cylinder. The valves are in-line, much like the famous WWI Hispano Suiza Type 31.
Was Walter Christie the first to produce the layout that would become one of the best Allied engines of WWI ?
If any aircraft historians can shed some light on this, please contact me - leestohr@teleport.com.
His V8 engine is amazing. It was a single overhead cam V8 with each cam operating directly on 2 valves per cylinder. The valves are in-line, much like the famous WWI Hispano Suiza Type 31.
Was Walter Christie the first to produce the layout that would become one of the best Allied engines of WWI ?
If any aircraft historians can shed some light on this, please contact me - leestohr@teleport.com.
The photos above were recently discovered by Lee Stohr in a miscellaneous file folder at the National Automotive History Collection.
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