You'll be flying to night!!

Post by **sirch345** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:02 pm

Well you might be if you were the owner of this bike

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:04 pm

OMG!
Thats awesome

But where are the brakes?

Pete.l

Post by **sirch345** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:06 pm

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

Pete.l

Well spotted Pete

but I think it's still at the build stage at the moment

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Wed May 10, 2006 12:42 pm

ooooooo!!i bet that sounds nice....but if it back fired the bike would spin round and the engine would stay still!!

BigD · Post by **BigD** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:18 pm

He's gonna need padded underpants with that seat

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:45 pm

Christ the lateral torque from that radial engine...must be Evil....

how it manages to go in a straight line without flipping..wheres the rudder?

Post by **sirch345** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:12 am

Just for Tony and Marty so you won't have any of those worrying issue's you mentioned

I think personally I prefer the piston's facing the other way

if you get what I mean

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:55 pm

Nutters

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:59 pm

Incredible stuff...dig the "Force" bike no handlebars

Post by **sirch345** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:58 am

I'm I right in thinking these engines are from light aeroplanes

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:27 pm

Stormeruk wrote:probably old biplane radial thing , sopwith camel......
in fact heres 1

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.....

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:44 am

sirch345 wrote:Just for Tony and Marty so you won't have any of those worrying issue's you mentioned
I think personally I prefer the piston's facing the other way if you get what I mean

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 !!

Post by **sirch345** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:48 am

I hadn't thought of that Tony, not until you mentioned it, but there is some resemblance too 'Toady' there

Post by **sirch345** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:53 am

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