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  • It's a Radial!

    Made this in my shop.Thought some of you airplane fans might like it.
    Runs on compressed air. Bore is .375",Stroke is .375".
    Total displacement is a whopping 1 cubic inch!
    Over 300 pieces,including machined parts and hardware.
    Tell me what you think of the colors.I personally like the green...........
    When I figure out how to attach a video,I'll show some of it "under power"

    Brian(B2)
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    Re: It's a Radial!

    Awesome! Now just scale it up 3,350 times and you'll have a bunch of racers beating a path to your door!

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    • #3
      Re: It's a Radial!

      That is beyond amazing! Did you have a kit, or do it from your own design? Either way, very impressive!
      Wayne Sagar
      "Pusher of Electrons"

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        Re: It's a Radial!

        Built from a set of crude plans I found.Modified them to better suit what I was looking to achieve. There is about 100 hours of shop time in this.
        I have big old sausage fingers and the scale is right about the minimum size of parts I like to work with.It was fun,for sure.I'm an inline fan.
        It was cool to get a better understanding of how a radial works.

        Brian(B2)

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        • #5
          Re: It's a Radial!

          Brian, I have to admit, I'm a "water pumper" fan myself... this, after YEARS and YEARS of owning VW's.. At the time, I was convinced that air was the only way to cool an engine and water was always a bad thing to have near an engine... After years, now, of owning three different GM trucks, a couple Toyota's and the like, I find myself asking myself.. "WHAT WAS I THINKING!" I actually get almost as good milage with my '97 CK1500 w/350 as I did with my 1.8 liter veedub van!

          Neat project! Thanks for sharing!!
          Wayne Sagar
          "Pusher of Electrons"

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          • #6
            Re: It's a Radial!

            Is it a pusher? (Propeller appears to be on backwards.)

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            • #7
              Re: It's a Radial!

              Originally posted by Chad Veich View Post
              Is it a pusher? (Propeller appears to be on backwards.)
              Good catch Chad!

              It's on backwards because the motor runs counterclockwise when viewed from behind.

              Brian(B2)

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              • #8
                Re: It's a Radial!

                too cool.

                Can you show us some pics of the internals?

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                • #9
                  Re: It's a Radial!

                  Originally posted by BKB View Post
                  It's on backwards because the motor runs counterclockwise when viewed from behind.

                  Brian(B2)
                  HUH??

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                  • #10
                    Re: It's a Radial!

                    An old Chinese Naval saying was"All Those Forward Go Aft & All Those Aft Go Forward, Those Midship Direct Traffic". Huh?
                    Lockheed Bob

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                    • #11
                      Re: It's a Radial!

                      Not to out do the nice radial you made. I just thought the inline folks would be jelous. So this is for them.

                      Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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                      • #12
                        Re: It's a Radial!

                        Originally posted by BKB View Post
                        Good catch Chad!

                        It's on backwards because the motor runs counterclockwise when viewed from behind.

                        Brian(B2)

                        It wants to be a Centaurus when it grows up.

                        Very nice work!

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                        • #13
                          Re: It's a Radial!

                          Well I think I figured out how to upload some video.
                          Here is a short clip of the little radial running.
                          Sorry fo the lower quality of cimematography.I only have 2 hands and have no staff at this time.

                          Brian(B2)

                          This is "Motor 069" by brijudy@sbcglobal.net on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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