Hello, from Cheshire, England :)

[batcho99]

Hi all.

Just signed up to your site. It looks great, just what I need for inspiration. I have recently acuired a small hobbie lathe with milling face so home to get on with a project very soon. I'm a keen model aviator so engines deffinetly interest me

Iain.

 

[batcho99]

I should read my posts before I post them! Spelling mistakes everywhere!

Iain :-[

 

[Blogwitch]

Don't worry Iain,

There are a few members on here that have great difficulty with correct spelling, thru no fault of their own, and they join in like everyone else does, so I don't think you will be a problem.

BTW, there is a group of us that come from Crewe, so you saying you come from Cheshire, then you can't be all that far away.

Welcome.


John

 

[batcho99]

Hi John.

Crewe's not too far from me at all. I live in Northwich so only down the road. When you say a group do you mean a club of some sort or is it just a few friends that have met up on this site with a common interest?
I've been looking through the web and I would like to start by building a small 2 stroke i.c. engine, diesel or glow, and hopefully get it airbourne in an aircraft I would also like to make some nice oleo's for my large mustang. A lathe is a very handy tool to have as part of my model flying hobby

Iain

 

[Jasonb]

Iain have a look at the Firefly 0.46 that is currently being covered in Model Engineer, its a simple glow engine designed for the beginner. The articles are well written but lacked photos so I've taken a few myself and done a basic write up here. You can do it all on a lathe but a mill will make it easier.

It was also featured in RCM&E a few months back

J

 

[mikegw1961]

Iain

Have a look at the engine that is in Model Engineer at the moment Firefly 46

JasonB has done a build series on the Model Engineer forum.
Drawings are available for download from http://www.alexwhittaker.com/#Firefly

Mike

 

[mikegw1961]

Sorry Jason

We must have posted at the same time.

Mike

 

[Jasonb]

No problem Mike

This is the better link for the drawings

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/glenn.royds/RCM&E/

And this is a good one to drag about on teh screen

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/glenn.royds/RCM&E/3D Whittaker Firefly 46.pdf

 

[batcho99]

Cheers chaps. I'll take a look at that engine. I think a 2 stroke will be best for starting out. Then a four stroke! I have high hopes for my turning skills!

 

[Blogwitch]

Iain,

No club, just a few of us that get together and help each other out with tooling, raw materials etc. Nothing like beating your gums for a couple of hours amongst friends.

There is a model engineering club nearby, but it is mainly locomotives, and they have their own permanent track at Nantwich.

Stew (who you will come across) is a member of that club.

The rest of us just doss about, doing our own thing.


John

 

[Maryak]

Iain,

Welcome to our forum. wEc1

Best Regards
Bob