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I like this little SBuild
looks like my old lathe in the garage
Anyone with a good car don't need to be justified - Hazel Motes
Hey , DON . Do you want to build a really cantankerous engine? I recall the name they were called was "HICKS" engines that were used in the old "MONTEREY " type fishing boats would be enjoyable to build I bet. The darned things were one , two , or three cylinder and you started them by kick spinning the flywheel . I don,t remember the last time I saw one but I do know some are still in use. tankerbuilder
There is such an engine on youtube. serveral models. Just type in woodpecker engine and you get serveral types that come up...
S. J. Koziatek
I think Don's right, most of these old girls were of the hit and miss (no throttle) persuasion. They do have quite a unique sound to them when they're running!
I'd really like to apologize now for anything I may say or do later that offends you. Thank you.
MECHTECH Is this not the type sometimes refered to as a 'Woodpecker engine'?
Is this not the type sometimes refered to as a 'Woodpecker engine'?
Never heard them referred to as that, but I can see why they might be. Most common term I have heard for them is "hit and miss" engines. The governor would hold the exhaust valve open when they went above set speed, causing misfiring. With light load they would fire once, then coast back down, fire only every n-th revolution. Reason for such big flywheels. Some of them would blow smoke rings from the exhaust. Those of us in the midwest see a lot of them at threshing shows or old engine shows.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Thanks, Don! I love these old dinosaurs too!
Mechtech- never heard one of these refered to as a Woodpecker engine, maybe somebody here can shed a little light on the subject!
Love it! I love to build engine models (I'm the guy building the 270 Offy). Particularly love your rust patina. That is beautiful.
Being a lover of engine models, I am disappointed that Williams bros. so far have only re-released their Wasp and Gnome engine models. These are the same two I have already built. I know they had a Wright Cyclone, and cannot wait till the re-release of that one. Come on, WB!
Other than the flywheels and resin bolt heads, this was made entirely from scraps of Plastruct and a couple lengths of PVC tubing. I thought the flywheels were casters from an old tank kit- a guy told me they're the road wheels from an Opel Maultier.
It doesn't represent any particular manufacturer or model, it's just a generic, horizontal hopper-cooled engine with a little patina. I plan to add a fuel tank later on, and make it part of a picker diorama.
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