JIM,
     In a message dated 09-08-97 you wrote ...
> The Rootes blower is as you know, a positive displacement pump where the
> others are variable with RPM. Thats why I would expect a Rootes blower
> for good scavenging and the turbo to allow high altitude flight. You
> could well be right about the "X" configuration and it would allow a
> much shorter crank.
    I guess I never liked the bulkiness of the Rootes.. I do not remember 
seeing one on an aircraft engine.......
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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