You'll be flying to night!!

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You'll be flying to night!!

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Well you might be if you were the owner of this bike :!: :lol:
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OMG!
Thats awesome 8O
But where are the brakes? :?

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Pete.L wrote:OMG!
Thats awesome 8O
But where are the breaks? :?

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Well spotted Pete :!: but I think it's still at the build stage at the moment :!:
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ooooooo!!i bet that sounds nice....but if it back fired the bike would spin round and the engine would stay still!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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He's gonna need padded underpants with that seat :o :o
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Christ the lateral torque from that radial engine...must be Evil.... 8O
how it manages to go in a straight line without flipping..wheres the rudder? 8)
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Just for Tony and Marty so you won't have any of those worrying issue's you mentioned :!: :lol:
I think personally I prefer the piston's facing the other way :lol: :lol: :lol: if you get what I mean :!:

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8O 8O Nutters 8O 8O
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Incredible stuff...dig the "Force" bike no handlebars 8)
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I'm I right in thinking these engines are from light aeroplanes :?:
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Stormeruk wrote:probably old biplane radial thing , sopwith camel......
in fact heres 1 Image

apparently the throttle has a huge range
(on of off)

must make razzing out of bends exciting...
It is indeed an aircraft engine, most likelly from a commerical twin like the latest pipers.

However its NOT like a sopwith camel as these had rotary engines which use triangular pistons (rx7 anyone?). The engine above is a RADIAL engine which describes the odd circular postioning of the cyllanders. The reason being that the pistons fire against each other therefore reduing CoG spin and perfect for aircraft as theres less trimming needed. Theres also something to do with the engine wash produced but im not sure about that.

The sopwith did have a ON/OFF throttle postion, your correct as most rotary engines of the era didnt have throttles....its the landing at full wack thats the fun part.....
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sirch345 wrote:Just for Tony and Marty so you won't have any of those worrying issue's you mentioned :!: :lol:
I think personally I prefer the piston's facing the other way :lol: :lol: :lol: if you get what I mean :!:

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that bloke sitting on th ebike looks like that "toady"geezer out of "neighbours"

i suppose its a long way away and you really need to fly !! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I hadn't thought of that Tony, not until you mentioned it, but there is some resemblance too 'Toady' there :!: :wink:
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Squiffythewombat wrote: It is indeed an aircraft engine, most likelly from a commerical twin like the latest pipers.

However its NOT like a sopwith camel as these had rotary engines which use triangular pistons (rx7 anyone?). The engine above is a RADIAL engine which describes the odd circular postioning of the cyllanders. The reason being that the pistons fire against each other therefore reduing CoG spin and perfect for aircraft as theres less trimming needed. Theres also something to do with the engine wash produced but im not sure about that.

The sopwith did have a ON/OFF throttle postion, your correct as most rotary engines of the era didnt have throttles....its the landing at full wack thats the fun part.....
Interesting stuff Squiffy, how times have changed :!: :)
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