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Yes I will check my paperwork the bearings are stock items over here the only difference is the width Od & bore the same I will be in touch with regarding this matter shortly

the bearings i used were of the rubber sealed type as i found it impossible to effectivley seal the rear bearing as in the Chenery drawings it meant a slight modification to the housing i think around 1/32" deeper?

A fine job you have made of that well done

Looking good so far

Best of luck with that perhaps post a picture of the operation

Yes i have an old jacket i use when i run the engine

Thank you for that What you can,t experience from the video is the smell of Castrol R oil but as with the full size total loss oil it is the messiest engine you could wish to run but great fun

Yes there are challenge,s it will be worth it when completed i did not attempt the woodruf keys on a taper i followed the full size method and cut straight keys

this is my engine running i did not intend to fly it it is mounted on a Gun carriage as in a picture taken from Andrew Naham,s book, you can see additionl tank that i use fuel/oil when i run it to be removed when in Exhibition mode

yes i would say so, great fun was had drilling those holes i am thinking i drilled 1mm holes the same as the circle of holes in the cylinder base (fuel transfer ports) there is a youtube video of Ray Williams flying A Vickers Gun Bus it may be a 1/4" scale engine i will check

No i did not seal the gears left them open there is plenty of oil about when you run the engine as you will find out

Sealing the bearing is a problem i resolved this on my engine by fitting seald bearings they were slightly wider so i remade the housings also i made the front housing and propeler boss all in one as instructed by Mike Cole a prolific model engine builder

To anyone out there a genuine builder i have a crancase casting from when i built my engine please contact me through the forum i will pass it on to a genuine builder for postage cost

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A much better option are Quad or X rings they have four points of contact and can be obtained in a wide range of sizes imperial and that strange system shudder metric also various materials as with "O" rings i have run my steam engine with 1" bores for 8 years with no problems i purchased 10...

A better option for piston rings is to use Quad rings also called X rings they are much better suited for the job and are available in viton they have been in my engine 8 years with no problems