I am always amazed seeing these pieces of history coming back to life ,,I have not seen a hercules run in person but i have seen more than a few american made radials run and have been restoring an original Allison V-1710 which my grandfather saved from the scrap yard 50+ years ago
I hope your hearing is OK too - first thing I noticed; no muffs or plugs. I know sleeve valve engines are quieter than poppet valve engines, but the exhaust roar at that power output must be shattering. If you say you are used to it, then the reason is that your precious hearing has become dulled. Not worth the risk, buddy! Peter, NZ.
That has to be the top of the top 10 youtube videos ever! I love the herculees, you have to stand next to one to realise their sheer size! Amazing video 5* Many thanks, Phill.
Fantastic! Huge incentive to get my own Hercules restoration completed. Cant' wait to make the same racket as that one. I recently restored the two engines on a Kiwi Bristol Freighter to running condition. Your trailer looks the part. Will have to study it closely before I build my own one. Well done!!
@GRATZIANI2002 it does have fine heat-sink fins if that's what you are referring to? their not big and chunky like most are but I imagine with more surface area its more efficient.
Way to go! And music to my ears, too. Congrats on the achievement. I was thinking when the cart was going to start careening forward... After all, this is power enough to lift 1/4 of a WWII heavy bomber...
This is the Bristol Hercules which powered the Short Stirling, HP Halifax MK3,6,78&9. Also 300 examples ofthe MK2 Lancaster, beaufighters. Good for 2,000hp. Would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire!!!! Big Ups Sweden!!
@D375 It's a cut down prop, it couldn't get anything airborne. If one of the legs failed, what most likely would happen is the trailer would flip and the prop would plow into the ground from having such a high center of gravity.
Fantasy of Flight has a Big British made Short Sunderland Seaplane, The plane originally was powered by 4 Bristol Hercules sleeve valve radial, don't know how reliable it was but the plane was converted by the British to American made Pratt & Whitneys with variable pitch propellers!
I think you will find that the Sunderland at Fantasy of Flight was originally a Mk III and was powered by Bristol Pegasus XVIII engines, it was later converted to a Mk V which had the P&W R-1830 (-90B IIRC) engines. The Pegasus was quite reliable when run per the book, but when it was run hard it didn't last too long. If you look at the operating history of the Short Empire, which had the Bristol Pegasus Xc, they had tremendous reliability as the pilots ran exactly by the book - Sunderland pilots didn't always have that luxury.
With so many of these radial engine restoration vids, do they actually get put into an airframe say as part of a full aircraft restoration, or perhaps they are used as replacements/spares on a still-functioning older plane, or is it just for the fun of seeing the beasts run again?
Bei 2.00 Min. wird in Schweden mit deftigem `bumm` ein neues Jahr eingeläutet. Lockerer Kommentar der Frau... "uupsa". Na denn prost. Glückwunsch, ein sehr schöner Motor, habe selbst einen Curtiss-Wright R-3350 32WA, der aber noch nicht so weit ist. Gruß A.
Spitfire? no! The spit was design to useonly inline engines... But you can see this engine on the French Nord 2501 Noratlas (last engines built under license, a bit improved, up to 1964 by SNECMA). But the 18cylinder version, the Centaurus (2520hp) , was use on the fastest propeller fighter from the WW2: the Hawker Fury/sea Fury
Congratulations, fantastic work. You must have good neighbours! I'm also interested in what you used for fuel, I understand modern fuels without lead are not friendly for these engines.
Unleaded fuel has little impact on a static "show engine" run at low power. Leaded fuel has an impact on valves on engines designed to run on leaded fuel. This engine has no valves. Fuel with alcohol will most likely mess up things more than lack of lead. Aviation gas has no alcohol so unleaded avgas will most likely have no impact on this "show engine".
Cold, such engine fumes, this is normal, but at t°: no smoke (nice blue flames at exaust in flight!), lower consumption and much better relability and longer TBO as common US radial engines...
+CreeperOnYourHouse: Stupid question! The engine is not mounted on an aircraft so it doesn't need to pull anything. But there's a need for cooling air and a small propeller (club propeller) is quite adequate.
Gee, you're one lucky boy, that that engine didn't take off with the trailer, and plough into the side of one of those buildings! That prop is generating some force! -enough to get a plane airborne! - so, why not a trailer! I'd have that trailer anchored to the ground with cables and DEEP anchor points! Nice engine, though! I hope you realise you just created enough air pollution to have the EPA shut you down, forever! LOL
No I know!!!!; What I said was 'Would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire!!!! ' - because what I meant was It would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire. Because . . they didn't!! . I suppose you're gonna splarf on about how there wasn't a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger for a Bristol Hercules, now aren't you?
it's good to know that there are people out there restoring stuff like this.
I am always amazed seeing these pieces of history coming back to life ,,I have not seen a hercules run in person but i have seen more than a few american made radials run and have been restoring an original Allison V-1710 which my grandfather saved from the scrap yard 50+ years ago
I hope your hearing is OK too - first thing I noticed; no muffs or plugs. I know sleeve valve engines are quieter than poppet valve engines, but the exhaust roar at that power output must be shattering. If you say you are used to it, then the reason is that your precious hearing has become dulled. Not worth the risk, buddy! Peter, NZ.
That has to be the top of the top 10 youtube videos ever!
I love the herculees, you have to stand next to one to realise their sheer size!
Amazing video 5*
Many thanks,
Phill.
Fantastic! Huge incentive to get my own Hercules restoration completed. Cant' wait to make the same racket as that one. I recently restored the two engines on a Kiwi Bristol Freighter to running condition. Your trailer looks the part. Will have to study it closely before I build my own one. Well done!!
Best engine video on youtube!
I had to watch this 3 times and it sill makes me smiling
No smoke, No Poke!
Awesome!
This one starts and runs so much better than most I've seen on the tube.
There is only one word to describe this.......AWESOME!
I think it needs to go to a new home, MY HOME. Love it
Now that is a wonderful sound to hear after a long rebuild.
Love it. What an amazing engine and beautiful sound.
Sweet sounding engine
@GRATZIANI2002 it does have fine heat-sink fins if that's what you are referring to?
their not big and chunky like most are but I imagine with more surface area its more efficient.
oh I liked this video Ed, it's such a contrast to IKEA and ABBA
Excellent - my father machined and built these engines....
Alan Kenyon
Must be great having a Dad who fixes aircraft engines after school. Mine didn't unfortunately. He came home and watched TV.
Way to go! And music to my ears, too. Congrats on the achievement. I was thinking when the cart was going to start careening forward... After all, this is power enough to lift 1/4 of a WWII heavy bomber...
If ever your any of your neighbours sell their houses I just have to come and live next door!! Excellent!
sweet. satisfying just to hear it run.
Best leaf blower I've ever seen.
I also got some wood at 3:29 when he gives her the gas. Such a beautiful machine.
Will it will it "BOOM" hell yes gotta love it
Those fucking revs 😩😩😩. Love that classic radial sound
Thats one hell of an engine!
There goes the lawn. Also funny that he keeps looking at the smoke like he's surprised.
Sound magnificent! Not a lot of videos with British sleeve-valve engines running!
This is the Bristol Hercules which powered the Short Stirling, HP Halifax MK3,6,78&9. Also 300 examples ofthe MK2 Lancaster, beaufighters. Good for 2,000hp. Would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire!!!! Big Ups Sweden!!
sounds awesome
@D375
It's a cut down prop, it couldn't get anything airborne. If one of the legs failed, what most likely would happen is the trailer would flip and the prop would plow into the ground from having such a high center of gravity.
This needs to go in TFC’s Beaufighter
I was so expecting the guy to go flying across the yard, legs flailing cartoon style, as soon as it started up
The worlds most expensive hair drier. Got to love big radials
Fantasy of Flight has a Big British made Short Sunderland Seaplane, The plane originally was powered by 4 Bristol Hercules sleeve valve radial, don't know how reliable it was but the plane was converted by the British to American made Pratt & Whitneys with variable pitch propellers!
I think you will find that the Sunderland at Fantasy of Flight was originally a Mk III and was powered by Bristol Pegasus XVIII engines, it was later converted to a Mk V which had the P&W R-1830 (-90B IIRC) engines. The Pegasus was quite reliable when run per the book, but when it was run hard it didn't last too long. If you look at the operating history of the Short Empire, which had the Bristol Pegasus Xc, they had tremendous reliability as the pilots ran exactly by the book - Sunderland pilots didn't always have that luxury.
What a beautiful sound, I wish I was your neighbour! That is incredible :D
Yup, the HOA would love that in my back yard.
With so many of these radial engine restoration vids, do they actually get put into an airframe say as part of a full aircraft restoration, or perhaps they are used as replacements/spares on a still-functioning older plane, or is it just for the fun of seeing the beasts run again?
Bei 2.00 Min. wird in Schweden mit deftigem `bumm` ein neues Jahr eingeläutet. Lockerer Kommentar der Frau... "uupsa". Na denn prost.
Glückwunsch, ein sehr schöner Motor, habe selbst einen Curtiss-Wright R-3350 32WA, der aber noch nicht so weit ist. Gruß A.
Do like Bristols!!
That could be my office desk's fan during summer :-D
I loved the massive burst of fire and smoke that came from the engine on the first start.
Also, why did it produce less smoke at higher speeds?
It doesnt. It just gets blown away faster.
excess oil in the upside down cylinders is burnt off
+CreeperOnYourHouse the bottom cylinders are cleared of oil that runs into them due to old fashioned gravity...
gasoline :D, but radials use a bit of oil so its a very enjoyable event to see one start cold :D
@GRATZIANI2002 yeah the sleeve valve system is really cool!, shame it had so many problems (I think it was oil clagging and high maintainence)
The Hercules was not especially problematic or unreliable, they stuck it in plenty of successful aircraft.
Awesome!
Thats just beautiful, I especially like the explosive start... What country is that, I didn't recognize the flag.
Spitfire? no! The spit was design to useonly inline engines...
But you can see this engine on the French Nord 2501 Noratlas (last engines built under license, a bit improved, up to 1964 by SNECMA).
But the 18cylinder version, the Centaurus (2520hp) , was use on the fastest propeller fighter from the WW2: the Hawker Fury/sea Fury
awesome video. What aircraft was this engine removed from?
The rougher they start, the better they sound.
That would be a wonderful generator for a Data Centre or a house.
What kept the trailer from taking off? Does it have a brake set?
what! no Emission control? in Sweden !?;-)
this same startup was filmed from a different angle and was a much better video, but appears to have been removed from youtube, kinda sad
Where's the huge fuel tank? I suppose his beast would consume some liters per minute right?
Im sure his neighbors love him
Congratulations, fantastic work. You must have good neighbours! I'm also interested in what you used for fuel, I understand modern fuels without lead are not friendly for these engines.
Unleaded fuel has little impact on a static "show engine" run at low power. Leaded fuel has an impact on valves on engines designed to run on leaded fuel. This engine has no valves. Fuel with alcohol will most likely mess up things more than lack of lead. Aviation gas has no alcohol so unleaded avgas will most likely have no impact on this "show engine".
aussie50 sent me over
And you thought a v8 sounded cool....
Only when I was 4 years old
Cold, such engine fumes, this is normal, but at t°: no smoke (nice blue flames at exaust in flight!), lower consumption and much better relability and longer TBO as common US radial engines...
vet inte vad jag ska säga, men tufft är det!!
LOL that is a beast of an engine
Great engine but needs a little tuning
This gas or diesel? What's with the strange looking heads?
Gas-powered, and the head design is due to the engine being a sleeve-valve.
I would also like to have a motor in the garden. :D
lol to the trees blowing in the back!
Why was the propeller so small?
+CreeperOnYourHouse test prop.
+CreeperOnYourHouse: Stupid question! The engine is not mounted on an aircraft so it doesn't need to pull anything. But there's a need for cooling air and a small propeller (club propeller) is quite adequate.
best leaf blower ever
To have one of the most complex radial encines ever built in your backyard...
i bet that was the loudest backfire ever haha
What you replaced the engine?
The cylinder jugs on that engine are big.
Why not mount it on an airplane where it belogns? You put all that nice work into a trailer to move it around, I'd go all the way.... :)
That's awesome! Would probably be good to keep zombies at bay too j/k
Now that is a toy! Nice hearing protection.
3:30 damn look at the grass
Yeah but, will it fit in F-250?
in what condition was it?
i think you need more cranking amps
Bom pra acabar com os mosquitos da dengue!!!!kkkkkkk
epic
Gee, you're one lucky boy, that that engine didn't take off with the trailer, and plough into the side of one of those buildings! That prop is generating some force! -enough to get a plane airborne! - so, why not a trailer! I'd have that trailer anchored to the ground with cables and DEEP anchor points! Nice engine, though! I hope you realise you just created enough air pollution to have the EPA shut you down, forever! LOL
No I know!!!!; What I said was 'Would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire!!!! ' - because what I meant was It would have been interesting to have seen a radial engined spitfire. Because . . they didn't!! . I suppose you're gonna splarf on about how there wasn't a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger for a Bristol Hercules, now aren't you?
RIP that grass.
lol all the men on the street heard it start the first time and came out to see
Meanwhile somewhere in Sweden a Hercules starts ... and then all the males from around gather to watch ..
Grannarna måste älska er! :D
1:58 onwards!
que genial 💀
now to find a plane to put it in
likely a Bristol Beaufighter
If he only knew how to start and engine with a pressure carb he would be cool
I would say she's running a bit rich.
I’d justsitathomelisteningtoit all weekend long .
shes a tad rich bless it ..im trying
the Hercules is stronger than a merlin and was use on big aircrafts like Bristol freighter or Nord 2501 Noratlas
2:00..... BURP!!
hello neighbors ... :-)
hehehe... take that, greenpeace. we salute you with a flaming fart from a vintage aircraft engine.
Petrol :)
gottagofast
Sweden
All of a sudden lots of men arrive and lots of women stay at home and take their washing in!
Sounds airworthy, doesn't it!?