How a Radial Engine Works

[Jetranger]

How a Radial Engine Works

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjnQKXNPsk4[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R71Xhrkc3EQ[/youtube]

[Sprocket]

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Awesome videos, thanks...Salute the craftsmanship as well.

Jan

[Jean Loup]

AMAZiNG MOVMENT & well executed wood replica. I found another video of explaining a similar radial engine, THE ROTARY:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY07FI91F9M[/youtube]

On the rotary engine instead of having a fixed cylinder block with rotating crankshaft as with a conventional radial engine, the crankshaft remains stationary and the entire cylinder block rotates around it. Another difference: the RADiAL engine is a 4 STROKE (cilinders fire every two turns of the crankshaft) but the ROTARY is a 2 STROKE engine (cilinders fire every turn of the crankshaft), & the lubricating oil is mixed in the gasoline. Since it was impossible to add an exhaust stack, exhaust was delivered into the slipstream... that hit the face of the pilot!! Castor Oil was used for engine lubricant &... to evacuate pilot bowels!! Dawn patrol ended at the WC Starting rotarys, had its own risks:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6xX0zSvp7w[/youtube]

...and my friends say I am crayze because I jump from a perfectly fliable aeroplane!!

[Fozzer]

This is one I love.

Radial Engine!.....>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW-G7pF6gUQ

The whine of the starter gear, and the cough and splutter of the engine before she fully fires on all cylinders!

Magic engines!.... ...!

Paul....with 180 degree and 360 degree firing angle vertical twin cylinder, 4-stroke, motorcycle engines....and a couple of two-stroke engines!.... ...!

[OldAirmail]

To heck with Happy Feet! Who wants anthropomorphic penguins!

Give me the sounds of radials in the morning to make me smile.

Thanks, Mr Jet.

[Jetranger]

at the time I posted those Videos, my Tree man showed up, so I had to go real quick.

I been out back cutting trees all week-end clearin brush, and I'm feelin' it too

But - I was really quite intrigued with the amount of wood work and detail that went into this model, that alone is really something special.