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Roundel NOT a Propeller

Back in the days of 3.5 inch floppy disks, I had a driver interactive program/game from BMW I got through BMWCCA somehow. At any rate, in the intro, the program featured an airplane propeller spinning, eventually becoming the BMW Roundel on the title page.

Go Figure
 
535is said:
Anyone who knows anything about "the legendary Fokker Triplane of 1917" knows that it was powered by an air-cooled Oberursel rotary
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Interestingly, the Oberusel was a copy of the French Le Rh??ne Rotary Engine, sometimes captured engines were used due to superior materials and the HP ratings of the German Oberusels tended to be somewhat fictional. BMW was later licensed by Pratt & Whitney to produce their radial engine, used in the JU-52 & other WW2 aircraft.
 
Jfcaramagno said:
That's Blau mit Weiss. You're welcome. :p
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Actually, the Bavarians always call it weiss mit blau or just weiss-blau. For whatever reason, the white always comes first. The colors and the lozenge flag are supposed to represent the fluffy white clouds in the blue Bavarian sky...

wezul said:
I love this club. It's like a BIG dysfunctional family.
We argue about everything! :ha :bolt
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This is a discussion, not an argument. We got rid of the DGT and the Tavern so we wouldn't argue.
 
What it is is a white circle divided into quarters with every other section colored blue. Beyond that, it is whatever one wants it to be.
 
That's REAL close. But let me make a minor correction.

Actually this is a support group for all us dysfunctional people with a motorcycle addition addiction.

:bikes
 
What were we talking about? :)


Oh, yeah. The roundel. I think people prefer the propeller legend so I don't think that story line is going anywhere. But it's great to know the history, nonetheless.
 
Having read all of the posts in this thread, I still have a lingering question that seems unanswered.

Which oil should I use to lubricate the spinning propeller inside of the Roundel?

:dunno
 
Just swab your finger through some you find under a [name of US M/C manufacturer withheld] and dab it on the prop. Now THAT will add some class to your otherwise boring ride.......:brad
 
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