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Very nice job...... sooooo smoooooth

k, I'll have a go..... are they used to splice the rigging wires on an early aircraft?

Hey Fred..... Welcome

Fixed ??? http://www.steamboat.org.uk/smallads.htm http://www.selway-fisher.com/Steam2030.htm

You can get a rubber finger sleeve from most model shops or you can make a starting stick from a piece of dowel about 1/2" diameter with some silicone exhaust tubing forced over one end to protect the prop.

Hi Al, From memory they are around £350 trade probably a little more retail. My supplier is not far from you in Portsmouth www.smartexpress.co.uk...

Hi John, Those are a really nice compressor, I have just upgraded from a similar unit on 2 of my vans. I never really had any problems with them apart from replacing the auto cut off switch 3 times on 1 of the units ( I still have no idea why it kept failing), thankfully they usually fail safe...

Top quality work and photos Mike, an old friend of mine had a Britton Norman Islander RC aircraft running on a pair of these, everyone stopped what they were doing when it started. David

Nice pic Bogs, My first thoughts were gyroscopic precession but I don't think that is right as on this design it is just the crank that rotates not the whole engine rotating around the crank like on the early aircraft applications. ??? ??? ??? David

Oh, ok no probs.....

Has anyone been to this exhibition? It's not too far from me and I will probably only get a chance to go to 1 show this year just wondering if this should be the one? http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/Exhibitors_list.html

Hi all, I'm gonna try to get some materials ordered for the carburetors this weekend and would like to know what your fuel preference is. I suspect that most people would like the liquid fuel carb but I'm more than happy to make the propane version as well. Cheers David

Now THAT is nice, super work Bret

Ha!!!! I hadn't noticed that!!!! brilliant!!!

Hi Brian, I'm afraid I don't have any plans for the engine as I sort of just made it up as I went along, the displacer cylinder is plastic, if you go to your local discount kitchenware store you should be able to pick up a polycarbonate jar pretty for next to nothing. Obviously this sets the...

Well, how stupid do I feel!!! I kind of got the wrong end of the stick there didn't I. I've never really been very good at receiving praise. Thanks ever-so-much Wes and everyone else.

Hi Will

lol, It's called a homopolar motor, it works in a similar way to an ordinary DC electric motor i.e current flowing through a wire in a magnetic field (I used a magnet from an old hard drive) exerts a force perpendicular to the lines of magnetic flux etc etc... I used to make these when I was...

holy smoke :o

Idle hands and all that ;) <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O_oKH24goII&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O_oKH24goII&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"...