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Quickurt 02-11-2010 06:51 AM

Running model engines!!
 
I wish I could put the entire email in here, the pics are great.
I'll post the links......

First is one actually running - http://www.weberprecision.com/ - this is his site and there are tons of pics and a video of the V-8 running.

You can spend about a week here - http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/KnappCol.htm

And another weerk here - http://www.engine-museum.com/

Here is a 1/6 scale V-8 running - http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html

This is SICK!! - http://www.conleyprecision.com/online_videos.htm

See all three vidoes!!

ENJOY!!!

landrovered 02-11-2010 07:02 AM

Have you seen this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeUMDY01uUA

timothy 02-11-2010 07:38 AM

Amazing the time and dedication some people put into their creations. If only we could all have such passion.

Quickurt 02-11-2010 08:16 AM

I see another long thread coming.......

JackG 02-11-2010 08:26 AM

Thanks for the links, I love looking at that kind of stuff.

He're a video of a guy running his home-built rotary radial engine. He also built an RC plane for the engine and flew it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16EW19oR6k

The earliest airplane engines like that operated on a total loss oiling system, and used castor oil. The pilot ended up ingesting a fair amount of it from the blowback. I would guess those guys couldn't go flying everyday... had to stay close to the outhouse for a while!! :D

landrovered 02-11-2010 08:31 AM

Cool but scary, that guy could lose an arm in a hurry!

Quickurt 02-11-2010 08:40 AM

How about putting that on a micro-lite??

Mike_Yi 02-11-2010 10:46 AM

I love that Ferrari 312. I found this linked on one of those videos. Cool airplane, and the model radials even sound right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP0-9j_7HSo&feature=related

HamptonEdwards 02-12-2010 01:29 AM

Cool video..Well never found this video before..
Good job of sharing this one..Keep sharing.

Spinnaker 02-12-2010 03:42 AM

I actually knew one of the guys that built an engine featured in the craftmanshipmuseum link. We built radio controled cars back in the late 60's when there was no such thing in the stores. He ran a hobby shop in Kent, WA for a number of years. We both made 1/8th scale Ford Mk IV GT's from stratch and raced them. I used to be a model maker at the Boeing wind tunnel so making a car from pictures and drawings was right down my alley.

Quickurt 02-12-2010 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Spinnaker
I actually knew one of the guys that built an engine featured in the craftmanshipmuseum link. We built radio controled cars back in the late 60's when there was no such thing in the stores. He ran a hobby shop in Kent, WA for a number of years. We both made 1/8th scale Ford Mk IV GT's from stratch and raced them. I used to be a model maker at the Boeing wind tunnel so making a car from pictures and drawings was right down my alley.

Too cool, Spinnaker! I'm a patternmaker and have made a few models for customers. My oldest daughter is a doc at Madigan Hospital and lives in DuPont and our niece works for Microsoft and lives in Kirkland. What part of Seattle for you? We'll be out in early March for our second granddaughter's first b-day.


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