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Made a new inlet manifold today, it now goes straight into the diffuser

Can't do to much still waiting for my hand to heal, but its all good


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so now the fuel tank is to low, I packed it up on to some foam and did get it to run for a short time as it runs out of fuel
I now need to seal up where the inlet pipes go into the crank case this would be where there is an air leak and make a plug to seal up where the carb use to be
Its a bit hard doing this one handed so it will have to wait a for a while now
At least I know it will run when sorted out


 
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Ok got it to run for bit longer very finicky on the needle valve not sure if its the carby or the needle valve, anyway I know it runs

My thoughts on making this engine if you make as a glow engine there is only one change I would make that is with the front bearing, I personally would not put it on the inside of the crankcase, I would put it on the outside so the prop driver can run against it when pushing on the prop nut to start it

This would not be hard to do, instead of machining the recess on the inside you would machine it on the outside of the crankcase

The problem I found is that the crank is pushed back in to the case and the intern pushes the diffuser back on to the backplate

If you decide to go with spark ignition I would change the front bearing as I just mentioned and also the rear bearing I would leave it as a sealed bearing, make the defuser with out any cutouts in it and mount the carby on the rear of the engine, I would still put the hole for the carby up the front and make a plug with an o-ring for it this would serve as an oil port

Final thoughts, I am happy how it came out, I learnt a lot in making fixtures and setups. I think its a nice look engine

Thank you to Littlelocos for information and designing the engine


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made new parts for the stand to lift the fuel tank up
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Diffuser with out cutouts

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