Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 57 | Story of Liberty Motor is Told by Packard Head

STORY 9 OF or LIBERTY MOTOR IS II TOLD BY w i rf PACKARD HEAD President of Auto Co Says Says' Airplane Engine Is Same Samer r- r l as Twin Six i That the Libert Liberty airplane arpane twin six motor Is the outcome of three years years' won work on the part of oC the thc Packard Motor Car Cai company Is Js the statement of Emlen S S. S Hare president of the Packard Motor Car Cal Company of New ew York There ha has been beer cons considerable dc r Lle speculation on the part oi of or the thc public regarding the Liberty Libert motor motol nj the name of or the engineers actually responsible for its design n While it ha has been u a matter of common knowledge orthe on or the part of or many members of or tho Packard Packard Pack Vack ard organizations throughout hout the countr country coun coun- tr try the government did dIL not see fit to tc permit the publication of any Information regarding it until recently Mr Hares Hare's statement Is the first to bo br printed and it was made before a New NewYork ew I York club of which he is the president When we toot tool up the development of or a a. twin six automobile motor over three years ear ago ngo at the Packard factory said Mr Ir Hare we al also aiso o tool took up the production lion tion of or airplane motors L because wo felt that In the Ule dev development of such motors we would learn much of or value and gain tain L experience that would help hell u. u us in perfecting perfect perfect- ing Ine a automobile motor Q STUDY EUROPEAN MOTORS In the t of ot these motors we TTO natural naturally studied the best types of ot European motors as there were no twelve cylinder engines produced in In America at that time Last J June we offered our twin-six twin i airplane motor to the government It wel weighed hed about OUt the theme same me as 15 the tho present Liberty motor but developed on only I about 2 0 o horsepower French and anti British experts experts ex- ex ex cx- pointed pointe out that we had hat provided too great Teat a of oC safet safety thereby addIng adding add add- addIn In ing unnecessary t weight to the tue engine The Tue engine had been to pass the tho government gov gor- ov- ov test that test that js s a four fifty four continuous con con- run under maximum load developing develOping devel devel- Its Us maximum hor horsepower Major Jesse G. G Vincent Incent our chief en engineer en- en pointed out that if ir we were al allowed allowed al- al lowed to reduce the factor of safety be below below below be- be low the minimum required at that time we we e would be bo aide able to produce a a. motor that would give much greater horsepower per pound lie was vas instructed to go 10 ahead and the result was the Liberty motor I which produces one horsepower for or e cr every I two pounds While 1 ha the tile a. a engine bein being r 1 I While 1 ha the tile a. a engine bein being r 1 was redesigned the tho French and amI British experts offered man many valuable su suggestions and Major Hall HaJJ formerly of the Scott Hall company assisted Major Vincent In the desi designing nin ninor of or the motor it was necessary to change some of the parts of the original Packard airplane cn engine lne such as the oiling system system tem tern but in reality the engine was a n Packard P-ackart motor with the reefs reels let Jet out to get ct the maximum power with the least possible weight This engine we a agreed eed to turn over ovel to the government for the duration dur tur- atlon of or the war A comparison of the Packard airplane motor and the Ilbert Liberty discloses the similarity of oC the two at once YEARS NOT DAYS The statement st that the engine was de designed designed designed de- de signed in fj five days was considered ridiculous lous bus b by those versed In the details of en- en