Amazon Joe Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i have just been given a powerpack that was found on a farm at Desborough Airfield it has a small plate type drive with a twin cylinder universal engine could anyone identify the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 An easy one, it is a Petter PU8 Universal engine. The oval plate on the cowl probably says P, or PU, but not the makers name, this was a wartime measure to hide identity, only initials used. One of the uses this engine had was motive power of a pontoon bridge, where a flexible drive shaft off the engine coupling drove a propulsion unit, think there was one on each corner. They were still in army stocks in late 1970's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazon Joe Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 An easy one, it is a Petter PU8 Universal engine. The oval plate on the cowl probably says P, or PU, but not the makers name, this was a wartime measure to hide identity, only initials used. One of the uses this engine had was motive power of a pontoon bridge, where a flexible drive shaft off the engine coupling drove a propulsion unit, think there was one on each corner. They were still in army stocks in late 1970's. Cheers richard yes it has P on plate, airfield finished in 45/6 Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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