Making and start up of a radial engine of VW parts
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Channel: Arnold de Man
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Keywords: Radial Engine (Piston Configuration), volkswagen, stermotor, sternmotor, startup, coldstart, beetle, bug, aircooled, homemade, selfmade, radial engine, run, testrun, moteur radial, Aircraft (Invention), Airplane (Invention), Engine (Taxonomy Subject), Invention (Award Discipline), Piston (Invention), ww1, ww2, engine, motor, Automobile (Industry)
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Length: 3min 11sec (191 seconds)
Published: Tue Mar 18 2014
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Maybe I missed ti because I skipped some of the build part, but how does the valvetrain get oil?
After watching that, YouTube offered this link to a cutaway of a very similar engine.
such a boner right now
how does the valve timing mechanism work? and why does it not sound smooth? obviously because its a hobby project but what contributes to that sputtering noise rather than a smooth growl?
That is beautiful. Seeing those pushrods hammering away like that is so viscerally satisfying.
Now I want to see it powering an Arkansas Chug-A-Bug.
Kudos to engineers for making sure shit like this doesn't just fall apart after a day.
How do they make the cylinder head round on a lathe from such an odd non-round shape?
Here is a drivable VW with a radial engine.
A home built radial using motorcycle cylinders.
Honda XR600 9 Cylinder Radial Engine
Guess it hasn't gone too well. Didn't find any more updates after the 5/2012 damage assessment.