Lawrence Radial generator

#1 10-09-2004, 11:21 PM

Anyone have info on what this eengine was used for? It is vertical 5 cylinder radial,30 volts,tact goes to 6000 rpm. It has twin mags,double spark plugs runs real smooth.Gen is on the top of unit. Thanks. Dick in central Pa.

#2 10-10-2004, 03:28 AM

Is is Lawrence or Lawrance ??

Lawrance made APU's for aircraft in WWII, sounds possibly like one of their units.

Peter

#3 10-10-2004, 07:02 PM

They made v twins and radials that were used for auxilary power units in ww2 and later aircraft. These provided power to get a engine started so that it's generator would be used to start the rest of the engines. The radials have been converted to power some homebuilt aircraft. The radial is a real class high quality engine. You can also convert apu's to arc welders and they work well for that application.

Marv. Weber

#4 10-10-2004, 08:46 PM

Thanks so much for the information . Its a friends engine, he had it to a show Sat. It was quite a crowd pleaser when running on back of his pickup truck. Dick in central Pa.

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Lawrence Radial generator

Anyone have info on what this eengine was used for? It is vertical 5 cylinder radial,30 volts,tact...