Talk:Hyper engine

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How is this engine hypothetical if it's already been built? Heck, a production Dodge Viper is pretty close at 505 cu.in. displacement and 500 hp at the crank.

The hyper engine was a hypothetical aircraft engine design,... - was-being in the 1930s. Ian Dunster 12:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

In my involvement with the Aircraft Engine Historical Society Finding Aid for records of the Engineering Division at the US National Archives, I have read tens of thousands of pages of original correspondence and reports having to do with all of the so-called "hyper" engines. In no case does the term "hyper" appear except in connection with the initial Air Corps experimental cylinders and with the XO-1430 and IV-1430 engines and test components thereof built by Continental. Because of this, I conclude that application of the term "hyper" to the engines of Allison, Ford, Chrysler, Lycoming, Wright Aeronautical and Studebaker is incorrect. -- Kimble D. McCutcheon 2007-07-31 23:02

I think the article is fairly clear on this, should it be made even more obvious? Maury 12:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)