Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wooden Model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Neato, Joe. I never had any idea of how a radial engine worked. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Deck 100366 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Cool model. Could watch it rotate for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatteras Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'll have to send the link to Uno's nephew. He would love it. Thanks for sharing this. You always find the coolest videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 WOW this is really neat! I wonder how long it took this guy to build AND debug this mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Very, very cool... But... Now I think I'm dizzy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I can tell you that is NOT an authentic model of a radial engine! There is no oil leaking out the bottom. When I was with the CAF I walked many a radial engine through and any radial not leaking is out of oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I can tell you that is NOT an authentic model of a radial engine! There is no oil leaking out the bottom. When I was with the CAF I walked many a radial engine through and any radial not leaking is out of oil! Bugs... didn't you see the li'l piles o' sawdust underneath...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 I can tell you that is NOT an authentic model of a radial engine! There is no oil leaking out the bottom. When I was with the CAF I walked many a radial engine through and any radial not leaking is out of oil! Round engines do NOT "leak oil." They mark their territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thanks for sharing SDJ In the meantime THIS Is a radial engine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yep, THAT is a radial engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Mike 20653 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 You probly already knew that radial engines must have an odd number of jugs. (cylinders) Otherwise they would be working against each other. Many of us have always loved the distinctive sound of a radial. It is a sound not heard often enough any more. I really like the looks of that wooden model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancho Roy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Jet engines are SO much simpler...........At the Boston Science Museum they have a cut away of a B29 engine. You stand there and look at that thing and can't believe a human could think something like that up. Amazingly complicated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt B.A. Blastn Johnson Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Many people never realized that the engines in the old war planes worked like that. The entire motor rotates actually! American P51 mustangs, Japan zeros, German messerscmitts all worked the same way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Many people never realized that the engines in the old war planes worked like that. The entire motor rotates actually! American P51 mustangs, Japan zeros, German messerscmitts all worked the same way! Not 'zackley, Colt... There were indeed "rotary" engines used on WWI aircraft; neat machines, but were fraught with performance issues. And although the Zero had a radial (I believe), the P51 and Messerschmitt fighters did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That wooden model is never gonna fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt B.A. Blastn Johnson Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Not 'zackley, Colt... There were indeed "rotary" engines used on WWI aircraft; neat machines, but were fraught with performance issues. And although the Zero had a radial (I believe), the P51 and Messerschmitt fighters did not. Prob right, didnt do my research on all the makes and models of planes.....was putting more of a emphasis on them rotating like they do! pretty amazing stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Many people never realized that the engines in the old war planes worked like that. The entire motor rotates actually! American P51 mustangs, Japan zeros, German messerscmitts all worked the same way! You're thinking of the rotary radial: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Where is SNOOPY? And the Red Baron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Where is SNOOPY? And the Red Baron? At the canteen quaffing root beers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 You're thinking of the rotary radial: No throttle on a rotary engine, you control the speed buy cutting out spark plugs, otherwise it's always full throttle. You can hear it on the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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