The Bucket Foundry

[F5 Dave]

Yes, but I hardly see how they're relevant?

[Flettner]

Neil, as always, I'm most interested in your enterprises. But I wonder: if your beam multiplies the stroke of the crankshaft to the stroke of the piston, then it will also multiply the virtual inertia of the piston. So what's the gain?
If you plan to hinge the 'fixed' end of the beam via a separate rod in order to permit a linear movement of the piston side of your beam, all sideways forces will still act upon the piston or on its linear guidance further down.
Remember KISS?

Perhaps this time I am truly off my rocker.

[Flettner]

Neil, as always, I'm most interested in your enterprises. But I wonder: if your beam multiplies the stroke of the crankshaft to the stroke of the piston, then it will also multiply the virtual inertia of the piston. So what's the gain?
If you plan to hinge the 'fixed' end of the beam via a separate rod in order to permit a linear movement of the piston side of your beam, all sideways forces will still act upon the piston or on its linear guidance further down.
Remember KISS?

Yea, nah, I don't know, what would Harry do?

[husaberg]

http://www.car-engineer.com/the-honda-exlink-engine/
http://mechanismsrobotics.asmedigita...31013_f001.png

[Frits Overmars]

Yea, nah, I don't know, what would Harry do?

Harry would, and did, keep it simple; a whole lot simpler than the Honda contraption shown in the links that Husa posted above.

[husaberg]

Harry would, and did, keep it simple; a whole lot simpler than the Honda contraption shown in the links that Husa posted above.

I am not at liberty to divulge what was not in the links

[Flettner]

Harry would, and did, keep it simple; a whole lot simpler than the Honda contraption shown in the links that Husa posted above.

I've given up guessing I'm just going to make a whole lot of random stuff and just try it (in secret you understand, well as secret as this forum is)

[Flettner]

One ton of sand turned up today, roll out the foundry, let the casting begin.

[Flettner]

Yes, but I hardly see how they're relevant?

How did it ever get that far?

[Flettner]

What is the engine?

Mike T , What is the plane? Boiler?

[WilDun]

Looks like a Stearman.

[seattle smitty]

Looks like a low-wing as far as I can tell (sun shining on my laptop's screen). A Ryan, maybe??

Try this website if interested in the outboard posts: www.quincylooperracing.us/

On the first (Welcome) page, the first and ninth photos show mercury engines converted to alcohol, and the fifth photo down shows a later "looper" powerhead (on a pleasure-boat towerhousing and lower unit for some unknown reason, possibly intended as humerous. Ken Seeber, that ninth photo shows a six with six megaphones, as you recall seeing (most of the owners of sixes soon went to two-into-one headers, three megaphones, for less weight and they also made better power below the peak.

[F5 Dave]

Looks like a Stearman.

No Starman. He was supposed to be a Starman. The next one was like a Cat, the third one was, well something else heck I dunno. Why are we still talking about Kiss? Do foundry men listen to Heavy Metal?

[WilDun]

No Starman. Do foundry men listen to Heavy Metal?

Foundrymen melt heavy metal and turn it into something useful (which is what should happen with KISS I reckon).

Sorry Frits we are using the 'KISS' thing a bit out of context and turning the thread into chaos (Dave started it, all Dave's fault).

[WilDun]

MikeT, please put us out of our misery and tell us what sort of plane it is.