What engine is this?

Duxford confirm it was brought up from one of the dredged shipping channels in the inner Thames Estuary in 2006. Nothing else was recovered.

I was close. At least it’s a German engine.

Chris

A couple of pictures I took at Southend museum too:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=118465&highlight=heinkel+engine

Jumo

Jumo 211.

Looks like a ditcher rather than a crasher.

Anon.

Thanks for the link Pagen01

Just done likewise, looks like it came up in another thread about it being displayed at Southend, here http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=118292

Pagen01 I think you are right. I have googled the Jumo and it looks the same.
Thanks

Looks like a Jumo 211, going from the curvy crankcase sides, the tube down the side, and the mounts positioning.
I’m no WWII engine expert though, just that it looks just like the engine in my huge Airfix Stuka kit!

That’s what I thought at first but I’m still not sure

I’d hazard a guess and say it’s a Daimler-Benz.

Chris

The Guggenheim collection in Las Vegas has/had a German bike with a rotary engine mounted in the front wheel.cant recall the name.As I looked at it i was wondering about how great the gyro effect on the steering must have been.

I did wonder myself if it was an Anzani. Floated the idea to the museum crew, who said it was a French bike. This was the point where I reckoned that, in the nicest possible way, they hadn’t really got a clue.
I wonder if it gets a little, erm, interesting when fully warmed up, seeing as how the topmost cylinder is partially embedded in the fuel tank.
I’m told that it’s a pig to ride, BTW. I won’t go on, as this is a planes and not bikes forum – although from my experience they often go hand in hand.

William

Anzani? They made motor-cycle and radial (not rotary) aero engines per war.

Anne

Gnome et Rhone did produce motorcycles under their own name.
Although, I thought they started after The Great War and they were a nice, quality product.
I think from memory they were parallel twins or maybe a V-twin.
This looks as young Hiscock says a bit agricultural.
Perhaps a purpose built engine??–I’d love to know.
Andy

I seem to remember there is a patent for a rotary engine within the back wheel of the bike!

This doesn’t look much like a Gnome, the workmanship on those is far better than this and I am inclined to think that if they made static radials then they would have used some of the same techniques. This all looks a bit “dockyard”.

Not sure about the ground clearance on those bottom pots either, the rockers are very vulnerable.

Can’t say what it is but it is interesting.

I love this. What engine is this?

and it has a label on it in the photograph.

Good Lord Holmes! How do you do it?! 😀

Why don´t you tell us all exactly what it says then? 😛

(Hint – I didn´t take the picture…)

The alternative answer to the original question is – a bloody great big one.

I love this. What engine is this?

and it has a label on it in the photograph.

Has to be

Griffon.