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6 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Apparently the engine is a modern scale replica of a French WW1 Era Gnome and Rhone aircraft engine and was put together by Bo Hare.  100 cc.

 

http://www.whohareswins.com/competition-ajs

 

Which might make it a rotary engine and not a radial. If rotary? Hmmm a bit dodgy for a bike? Still, with all those exposed chains maybe that is the least of the rider's worries. :whistling:

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1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

 

Which might make it a rotary engine and not a radial. If rotary? Hmmm a bit dodgy for a bike? Still, with all those exposed chains maybe that is the least of the rider's worries. :whistling:

It is a radial engine 

not rotary.

Wankel would be rotary.

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2 hours ago, papa al said:

It is a radial engine 

not rotary.

Wankel would be rotary.

Weren’t some radial engines, in the early aviation days, rotary engines too?

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1 hour ago, damascase said:

Weren’t some radial engines, in the early aviation days, rotary engines too?

/ Wikipedia

The major difference between the radial engine and the rotary engine is that radial engines have pistons that move in a reciprocating fashion that cause the crankshaft to rotate. ... A rotary engine does not have pistons but rather a triangular rotor that rotates around an output shaft.

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On 5/22/2019 at 7:48 AM, VocalNeal said:

Mike COStin and Keith DuckWORTH. Originally based in Northhampton UK. 

 

Next you are going to say you don't now who/what is Ilmor Engineering. Mario ILlien and Paul MORgan also from Northhamptonshire. Famous/infamous to tweaking Renault's F1 enguine for Red Bull among other things.

 

Ricardo? More into diesel that bikes or cars. Invented the Comet diesel pre-combustion swirl chamber enabling high speed diesels. Citroen used the Comet in the world's first production diesel passenger automobile 1934

 

 

 

 

I learn something everyday on this thread and channel thanks guys enjoying it greatly

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3 hours ago, papa al said:

/ Wikipedia

The major difference between the radial engine and the rotary engine is that radial engines have pistons that move in a reciprocating fashion that cause the crankshaft to rotate. ... A rotary engine does not have pistons but rather a triangular rotor that rotates around an output shaft.

papa merely quoting Wikipedia here.

the 1917 aircraft engine would be rotary & radial

IpHO

Posted
5 hours ago, damascase said:

I have a different kind of rotary engine in mind, the one you are referring to is the Wankel-engine. There were radial piston engines that rotated as well, see this example 

 

 

This video should be titled a ROTATING radial engine. Wikipedia is correct - a ROTARY engine has no pistons/valves , just a centrally rotating Reuleaux triangle.

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2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

My bird likes to come out for a ride 

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All right.  Who stuffed a bird in the toaster?

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Years ago, my kid put a sandwich in our video cassette recorder.

Maybe he wanted to listen to David Gates!


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Posted
18 hours ago, papa al said:

papa merely quoting Wikipedia here.

the 1917 aircraft engine would be rotary & radial

IpHO

You surely don't believe everything that Wikipedia says? 

 

Rotary aircraft engines pre-date Wankel engines.   

Posted
55 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

 

IMHO prolly THE IDEAL bike for this country

Seems like extreme overkill for Thailand.

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I ain't condoning this sort of thing but take a look as some in the Industry are saying this is part of the future of bikes ..

Top bike has a 3D printed frame though still a mock up at this time ..

Bottom one is also said to be 3D printed though that shape would be quite achievable in a conventional machine shop anyway .. The circular shape frame does make a lot of sense from an engineering point of view but is not easy to make aesthetically pleasing shall we say ..

5 axis millers and routers could theoretically make similar to the lattice one though i suspect would be quite time consuming .. 

 

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