Magnificent! 1200hp restrained by a couple of straps and some rods hammered into the ground! All you need now is an airframe to match this wonderful beast.
When i heard those birds chirping and saw the quality of the workmanship it became certain this was either an aussie or a kiwi restoration. Didn't even need to hear your voices for confirmation! Job's a good 'un.
I wish more of the younger generation would get off there f***ing video games and join a restoration club or something to learn something else beside trying to kill each other online. I would have LOVED to do this type of thing as a kid! My Dad and I had an old 1941 "Ferguson Ford" 9N tractor and it was fun to keep that old thing going and actually being able to use it to make money on the weekends. Thanks for doing this awesome build and video!
I really enjoyed the proof of the optimism of the restoration. Beneath all the crud and surface corrosion are beautifully made parts, that are so happy they met you! I mean, if they weren't just objects made of metal, with no actual feelings... ... I guess that's true...
Ba ha ha only a few will understand If you want to see rusty look at the 1340 and cheetah ix Videos I took my avon to a machinery show 12 hrs south of me last weekend ,it pulled quite a crowd , not something you see at a show usually
That was absolutely spectacular, I loved every second of the video! Very good job done, worth every bit of time and effort. Thank you for the thrilling finish!
Great presentation! I flew Super DC-3's in Canada on the west coast and Arctic with the Wright Cyclone 1820-92's for 4 years in the 90's. Loved the engine, loved flying the a/c. Fun days!
Yes. There were many many variants with different power ratings as the engine design developed. The R-1820-97 powered the B-17G, with a turbo supercharger. The data plate should tell which sub-version this is, and from there one can research which A/C it powered. Note: during WWII many 1820 were build for B-17s under license by Studebaker.
Wow Brian O'Neill, when did you work there? What did you do? How long has it been since you got to hear a fresh startup of one of these?? Very good job, guys!
I am amazing at the engineering that was accomplished back in WW2 era. Simply amazing! It’s also amazing at the amount of power those old radial engines produced.
Impresive all those hours of hard work paid off big time, allow me to congratulate each and everyone that one way or another made it possible to bring it to us, most kind of you for taking your time and shear it with us, outstanding, I wish that I had the oportunity to be there with you guys working side by side to bring that piece of history back to life, well done guys, congratulations to all of you.
Superb and highly skilled restoration of a great engine! Note the cam ring (one for intake, one for exhaust) only has four lobes. Strangely (to me anyway) it rotates in the opposite direction of the crankshaft, at only one-fourth engine speed. Some really clever engineers designed this engine. Firing order is 1-3-5-7-9-2-4-6-8. At least it is on the Pratt & Whitney R2800 so I assume is the same for the Cyclone. Fascinating engineering.
Wow that was an outstanding rebuild, you sir need to have a good sit down with a beer and rev that monster....but i bet your the type to not even sit around long enough to finish the beer. One of the very few to have the motivation and balls to finish a project of that magnitude, thanks for bringing the past alive again
While in the US Navy I worked on aircraft that used these engines and they were the T-28, S-2 Tracker and the C-1 Trader. This type powered a lot of notable aircraft types during WW2 and for many years after including today.
A lot of fussies in the comments. I suppose people don’t realize how hard this probably was to restore. Rebuilding a 350 or a K24 isn’t even holding a candle to this. Would probably take me several decades not including getting the courage to start it. Absolutely splendid! Sounds good.
I love how radials start, it's like "no,no,no,no,maybe,no,no,no, definitely not,maybe,maybe,ok, now!". Everybody can start a jet engine, you just throw a switch, but starting a radial, is a form of art!
Incredible. Excellent job, you ought to be real proud. Only criticism I have, is next time I recommend using blue or green text, yellow is difficult to see if the frame is bright
The sound of a big radial starting harks back to the glory days of aviation and stirs my emotions. A gas turbine on the other hand just reminds me of work.
The Wright Cyclone is an unsung hero of the second world war, it powered duds like the Brewster Buffalo and the Curtis-Wright CW-21 Demon, that's true but the ratio in which it powered legends is MUCH greater. Among the legends are: - The Grumman F4F Wildcat - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - The Douglas DC-1, DC-2 and early versions of the DC-3 (which also came with P&W Twin Wasps) - The Douglas SBD Dauntless - The North American AT-6 Texan / Noorduyn Harvard - The Sikorsky H-34.
I've read and heard plenty about starting these.....you're doing about everything right...! In the movies, it's always crank over 1-2 times and they start...no oiling/fouling of the dual spark plugs...
Wow. Found 4 of these in one of my grandfather's hay barns. Don't know how they got there, when or why. Took a picture of the spec plate just started the history today. Hope to find this guy or someone like him, to answer what I should do with these cool engines.
I also watched them rebuild these at the Naval aviation Depot in Norfolk, Virginia, USA as I walked to my hangar every morning. I would say hello and ask someone different every morning as what they were doing. They did those from 1938 to 1972 I believe. Where was I going every morning ? I went to work in a squadron that had the last Navy EC-121K with 4 R-3350's.
When i heard that aussie accent, the crows and the unmistakable bush sounds, i was genuinely surprised. I thought you would be a Yank. Hah. Great build, clean, who wouldnt want a radial to fire up every now and then.
4 of the Wright 1820 turbo supercharged cyclone versions were on the B-17 "Flying Fortress". 1200 HP each. Not bad for the mid 1930's lol. Considering not long before that in WW1, we were using aircraft made with wood and cloth while chucking grenades over the sides of the planes.
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Magnificent! 1200hp restrained by a couple of straps and some rods hammered into the ground! All you need now is an airframe to match this wonderful beast.
It's always satisfying when a fussy radial finally starts up.
When i heard those birds chirping and saw the quality of the workmanship it became certain this was either an aussie or a kiwi restoration. Didn't even need to hear your voices for confirmation! Job's a good 'un.
I wish more of the younger generation would get off there f***ing video games and join a restoration club or something to learn something else beside trying to kill each other online. I would have LOVED to do this type of thing as a kid! My Dad and I had an old 1941 "Ferguson Ford" 9N tractor and it was fun to keep that old thing going and actually being able to use it to make money on the weekends. Thanks for doing this awesome build and video!
Yah.. good story.
22 and rebuilding a 53 golden jubilee, 2 power kings, and a crashed sky raider 2. F off old man
Restoration to the milinials and Gen Y & Z, are playing with a old Nintendo game or PS1 or PS2 gaming system....
I really enjoyed the proof of the optimism of the restoration. Beneath all the crud and surface corrosion are beautifully made parts, that are so happy they met you!
I mean, if they weren't just objects made of metal, with no actual feelings... ... I guess that's true...
Ba ha ha only a few will understand If you want to see rusty look at the 1340 and cheetah ix Videos I took my avon to a machinery show 12 hrs south of me last weekend ,it pulled quite a crowd , not something you see at a show usually
Great job, So cool to see that these beautiful engines can still be rebuilt to run again. What a beautiful sound.
That was absolutely spectacular, I loved every second of the video! Very good job done, worth every bit of time and effort. Thank you for the thrilling finish!
Someplace, somewhere, in some sealed crate, in some warehouse long forgotten, there's an airframe that just sighed.
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Great presentation! I flew Super DC-3's in Canada on the west coast and Arctic with the Wright Cyclone 1820-92's for 4 years in the 90's. Loved the engine, loved flying the a/c. Fun days!
I used to work for Curtiss-Wright. The 1820 is my favorite WWII emgine. You did a fabulous job!
this is B17 engine right. they did build these with the Wright-Cyclone R-1820s
Yes. There were many many variants with different power ratings as the engine design developed. The R-1820-97 powered the B-17G, with a turbo supercharger. The data plate should tell which sub-version this is, and from there one can research which A/C it powered. Note: during WWII many 1820 were build for B-17s under license by Studebaker.
cool where did y'all find this engine, how much did it cost you, and is this an original engine from a B-17 bomber or is it from another bird?
Wow Brian O'Neill, when did you work there? What did you do? How long has it been since you got to hear a fresh startup of one of these?? Very good job, guys!
Beautiful piece of engineering.
What an amazing sight to see an hear the sound of an 80 year old radial engin coming back to life. Great job "Bravo"
30 plus years as an aircraft mechanic and I still love these old recip engines.
A pistón engine
Built without a computer, but with slide rules and wonderful engineering.
Thank you for the awesome video. 👏
Congratulations. Excellent job. The personal achievement for the restoration and the pleasure of seeing this magnificent radial motor running.
I am amazing at the engineering that was accomplished back in WW2 era. Simply amazing! It’s also amazing at the amount of power those old radial engines produced.
Impresive all those hours of hard work paid off big time, allow me to congratulate each and everyone that one way or another made it possible to bring it to us, most kind of you for taking your time and shear it with us, outstanding, I wish that I had the oportunity to be there with you guys working side by side to bring that piece of history back to life, well done guys, congratulations to all of you.
exactly @ 8:57 the propellers started time travelling...did anyone notice that...amazing restoration.bravo ...bravo.
all propellers do that, its just an optical illusion basically, once they get up to a certain speed, looks like they spin the other way.
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it's only due to frames per second of camera coinciding with frequency
@@leander7476 whats that the sound of the propellers time traveling ?
@@keithbeckett1349 Google it dude :D
I'm astonished. Really great job! You gave new life to this piece of history. You are an archaeologist!
Nice work, it’s not making smoke after warmup. Good job on the rings and valves.
Beautiful old engine. I once overhauled a Continental 220. They were all a work of art.
Superb and highly skilled restoration of a great engine! Note the cam ring (one for intake, one for exhaust) only has four lobes. Strangely (to me anyway) it rotates in the opposite direction of the crankshaft, at only one-fourth engine speed. Some really clever engineers designed this engine. Firing order is 1-3-5-7-9-2-4-6-8. At least it is on the Pratt & Whitney R2800 so I assume is the same for the Cyclone. Fascinating engineering.
A P&W 2800 has 18 cyl.nit 9 Cyl.
Correct firing order is 1R-12F-5R-16F-9R-2F-13R-6F-17R-10F-3R-14F-7R-18F-11R-4F-15R-8F
Wonderful job John. The photo quality is superb. You took an very complicated restoration and made it look easy.... that's how you pros do it!
Wow that was an outstanding rebuild, you sir need to have a good sit down with a beer and rev that monster....but i bet your the type to not even sit around long enough to finish the beer.
One of the very few to have the motivation and balls to finish a project of that magnitude, thanks for bringing the past alive again
While in the US Navy I worked on aircraft that used these engines and they were the T-28, S-2 Tracker and the C-1 Trader. This type powered a lot of notable aircraft types during WW2 and for many years after including today.
What a beautiful rebuild!!! That engine looks better than new! Great job!!!!!
A lot of fussies in the comments. I suppose people don’t realize how hard this probably was to restore. Rebuilding a 350 or a K24 isn’t even holding a candle to this. Would probably take me several decades not including getting the courage to start it. Absolutely splendid! Sounds good.
You have to wonder about some people dont you Cheers John
Classic example of patience and perseverance with common sense and mechanical aptitude . Now if you can mount that on my Harley I'll buy it from you .
These engines have a remarkable sound!!!, especially at idle. When you get on the throttle, the music is much better!!!
CONGRATS! Beautiful restoration work with the joy of a successful test firing and run-up.
That is the most amazing video I seen on RUclips I was in tears applause for restoring that beautiful machine
I can tell by the cylinder fins and the rocker box design, thats an early model 1820, very nice job.
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That's the strangest looking airplane I've ever seen....
the sound of this motor is a symphony, excellent restoration, good job.
It’s kinda like my hobby, desk top model engines but this one’s on steroids‼️
Incredible! Thank you for saving a piece of history.
Such beautiful engineering. Literal artwork.
Absolutely beautiful Sir that engine is a museum piece your restoration skills are 5 Star!
I love how radials start, it's like "no,no,no,no,maybe,no,no,no, definitely not,maybe,maybe,ok, now!". Everybody can start a jet engine, you just throw a switch, but starting a radial, is a form of art!
ba ha ha ha thats pretty close
Total respect for a very fine rescue and overhaul. Chris; ex aircraft engineer.
Well done john, you have got a great collection of restorations now. A real inspiration for my cheetah restoration.
Incredible. Very impressive congratuations!!!
Incredible. Excellent job, you ought to be real proud. Only criticism I have, is next time I recommend using blue or green text, yellow is difficult to see if the frame is bright
we have tried other colours in the past and they all have issues with the background,we found yellow to dissapear the least cheers
Even better, do a voice over, so we don't have to strain to read at all.
Try using a black outline as well. That way if you can't see the yellow, you can see still see the outline.
John Rutherford white with black outline is the standard, because it's easy to read against literally any background
Tito Rigatoni you beat me to it
The sound of a big radial starting harks back to the glory days of aviation and stirs my emotions. A gas turbine on the other hand just reminds me of work.
Awesome stuff, I love it when the prop syncs with the camera. Beautiful old engine, well done.
The Wright Cyclone is an unsung hero of the second world war, it powered duds like the Brewster Buffalo and the Curtis-Wright CW-21 Demon, that's true but the ratio in which it powered legends is MUCH greater.
Among the legends are:
- The Grumman F4F Wildcat
- The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- The Douglas DC-1, DC-2 and early versions of the DC-3 (which also came with P&W Twin Wasps)
- The Douglas SBD Dauntless
- The North American AT-6 Texan / Noorduyn Harvard
- The Sikorsky H-34.
B-17, DC-3, Douglas Dauntless, all helped win the war. Must be good engines.
Piekne stworzenie i wspaniala wiedza i praca.
Beautiful job! Beautiful engine and sound. Seeing the inside and the parts installed was very interesting. Thanks!
Soo Awesome.. I can't express my gratitude for you posting this, Thank you so much!
I've read and heard plenty about starting these.....you're doing about everything right...! In the movies, it's always crank over 1-2 times and they start...no oiling/fouling of the dual spark plugs...
its called 7 blades, before the magnets are turned on, indeed to prevent a hydrolock, and get some pre lube pressure before the initial start up.
Now there is a real man!! Shorts, flip flops and no ear protectors!!!!! To start anyway!!! What a guy!
He always wears earplugs...
two layers of ear protection...
but you need to "keep an ear out" when starting for any bad mechanical sounds!
For its size the thrust that its produsing is incredible
Great job bringing this American engine that was an icon back to life
Hola, qué alegría cuando arranca ! Después de tanto trabajo . Felicitaciones desde Buenos Aires.
Nice! Always liked the way the Cyclone sounds like
Wow. Found 4 of these in one of my grandfather's hay barns. Don't know how they got there, when or why. Took a picture of the spec plate just started the history today. Hope to find this guy or someone like him, to answer what I should do with these cool engines.
I worked on these engines for years on Grumman Trackers in the RAN, awesome bit of kit. Great work John, well done!
i just so love what you do bringing great engines back to life i just love radials nothing has that sound, thanks for sharing
Excellent rebuild and music to my ears as well as candy to my eyes.... Showing my age????
Vs and inlines will never match the sound of the grumpy radials... Love it.
Mount this on a flat bed and just doing start ups alone at air shows would be profitable and fun . Very cool to see and hear
idk shit about planes, but I need one of these badboy, so badass, back when engines were engines and men were men
I also watched them rebuild these at the Naval aviation Depot in Norfolk, Virginia, USA as I walked to my hangar every morning. I would say hello and ask someone different every morning as what they were doing. They did those from 1938 to 1972 I believe. Where was I going every morning ? I went to work in a squadron that had the last Navy EC-121K with 4 R-3350's.
Beautiful! What the hell is with the hater’s? Obviously no appreciation for a piece of history.
That is a sound like no other. Those must be very reliable engines, they were used on the B-17's.
Dam that was satisfying to watch want to make my own now
When i heard that aussie accent, the crows and the unmistakable bush sounds, i was genuinely surprised. I thought you would be a Yank. Hah.
Great build, clean, who wouldnt want a radial to fire up every now and then.
Amazing project, a beauty. Love the noise, even though that there is no microphone that can capture it and no speaker that can play it to full extent.
Maravilhoso trabalho.... digno de aplausos.
Outstanding! I wouldn’t be surprised if they 3D print these things now.
Excellent Job Gentlemen preserving History
Flew on S -58 helos that had this engine, Thank You for the video and the sounds!
I’m surprised batteries dint explode ?? Nice job man. Your a patient hero
It is normal duty for them...
watch other radials starting from dead cold...
building up oil pressure before actual engine start....
Thanks for a great video. What a labor of love. I really love radials. They are such beautiful amazing machines. And that rumble.
Gotta love the oil dripping out of the lower exhaust
Love these restoration and startup videos!
I loved to watch a Phenix to the new life like this! Awesome job!
Hermoso!!!!!! Excelente trabajo!! Mi admiracion desde Argentina...
Awesome. What a visual effect on that prop.
SO very COOL! Thank you for saving this work of art!
Nothing sounds like a round engine. Beautiful, thanks
4 of the Wright 1820 turbo supercharged cyclone versions were on the B-17 "Flying Fortress". 1200 HP each. Not bad for the mid 1930's lol. Considering not long before that in WW1, we were using aircraft made with wood and cloth while chucking grenades over the sides of the planes.
Holy Moses, now That's Engineering level 9000 +. Excellent job Sir !
Top marks to you guys for doing that. You must be immensely proud. I guess it helps to have no hair when you're standing behind that engine.
Very Impressive, outstanding work!
WOW great job guys!!!! this is beautiful
Yea,love it....bet you had fun too!!! What a way to spend a weekend...love to wrench on my Pratt R 2000 7 M2s...and they run n run n run TBO.
Love that shutter sync effect
A beautiful work of art, and even more so seeing it running.
Regarding the looks : The correct Danish term would be 'knivskarp' - which translates to 'razor-sharp'. Just Beautifull!
Impressive. I've helped with the disassembly and rebuilding of a Continental IO-550. That was checkers to your chess.
That’s one powerful fan I need for the summer
Holy shit dude this is so cool, well done!
Really cool. A beauty. As commented below text on slide show was hard to read for old eyes
4 of these beasts powered the B-17 Flying Fortress!!! Excellent engine
Very nice and good work 👏🏻👍🏻💪🏻 you’ve got chance 🍀 to have this engine 😎
What a beast. Must have been terrifying for the enemy to hear a few dozen of them coming at you.
Master of all masters! What a work.
Brilliant I wish it was in my shed!
Congratulations! Very good job. My big doubt is what to do next with a jewel like that? Send to a Museum? assemble in a old plane?
I hear the voice of Jimmy Stewart saying Start pulling Mr Dorfmann !