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I've talked to Dad about responding here but he's very old school and not very computer friendly. With that being said I'd like you all to know that Dad very much appreciates the interest that you guys have shown here. For my part I'm glad to have had the opportunity to share Dad's work with...

Those plans came from Strictly IC magazine.

Below is a link to a video that Dad created a few years ago, showing off the engines that he had built at the time and powering up the little V-Twin... enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_sDOYQty8A&feature=youtu.be

His drawings are done old school on his little drafting table in his shop. Probably not enough to do a book. BTW I'm getting close to posting a video of the V twin running.

Thanks for the comments. No I don't think kept track of the time frame of the builds. Some of them took quite a while though. That 14 cylinder radial I'm pretty sure took more than a year. He does it for fun and to keep his mind sharp. We celebrated his 80th birthday a couple of days ago. Dad...

We live in Washington State. Are there any northwest shows?

There's no CNC in these builds.

Here you go.

This is a model of a liquid cooled V-8. It was designed and built by Don Ells. It has a boreand stroke of 1.093' x 1.000" and a displacement of 123 cc or 7.5 cu in. This engine is approximately 1/4 scale of a 350 cu in automotive engine. This engine uses a pushrod valve operation and a full...

This is a 1/4 scale model of a Wright J5 engine. This model was designed by Carl Carlsson and built by Don Ells. It has a bore and stroke of 1.000" x 1.102". The displacement is 128 cc or 7.79 cu in. This is a model of the engine that powered the Spirit of Saint Louis, the plane that Charles...

Well I showed Dad today how to set up an account here and so forth but being old school as he is it remains uncertain if he'll do it or not. That being said I want you all to know that he does appreciate your comments and kind words.

Here's another shot of the Kinner K-5. For some reason I can only get one picture per post.

This is a 1/4 scale model of a Kinner K-5 5 cylinder radial engine. It was designed by Pieter Dekker and built by Don Ells. This engine has a bore and stroke of 1.086" x 1.312" and displaces 99.6 cc or 6.0766 cu in. This engine was used in a number of aircraft engines in the 1930s and 40s...

Thanks for the heads up on the pics. I'll talk to him about joining the forum today.

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This is a 1/3 scale model of a Barr & Stroud engine. It aws designer by Pieter Dekker and built by Don Ells. This engine has a bore and stroke of .866" x 1.18" and displaces 11.4 cc or .695 cu in. This model is of a sleeve valve motorcycle engine produced in the early 1920s by the firm of Barr...

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This is a model of a Sterling Engine powered tractor designed by Rudy Kouhoupt and built by Don Ells. The Stirling Cycle Engine aka hot air engine is the power plant for this little vehicle. The heat source is an alcohol burner.