I've built hot rods, custom motorcycles, know my way around a machine shop..but this...this is ART, an absolute masterpiece. Amazing amount of affection went into this. Beautifully done..
My dad was a radial engine inspector for Douglas Aircraft during most of WW-2. He got hundreds of engines for heavy bombers rebuilt and ready for combat again. I was too young to remember much of those days but I do remember the air being full of those 2 and 4 engine radial power plants flying overhead. The sound was riveting to me then and that has newer changed. God Bless our troops from then and also now.
Nice work. A follow up video showing HOW you restored each part, what brand of paint, even the grit of the sandblasting material. Most of us gear heads love the details and learning different techniques. Radials rule!!
Aah, fond memories of a Whirlwind 3 with this beast in it. My hat is off to you with this beautiful piece of work. Thankyou. Bob, Royal Navy Air Mechanic.
In the mid-1960s I was a mechanic for a regional U.S. carrier. Most of the pilots at that time were WWII veterans and real characters. One of them told me that he had pretty much cornered the world market on serviceable parts and spares for the R-1340. I imagine his retirement was considerably enriched by his investment.
It never ceases to amaze me how they were able to design and mass produce such precise equipment way before computers. That's some fantastic engineering.
@@jhaedtler yep they test various tests on how to make efficient engines and did various documentations on paper and writes down what could be better or atleast that's what i think
Mouse steer you said it. When I was stationed in Louisiana back in the late 1960s, the air base had an A1 E and what a beautiful sound. I had CQ one night and I watched her fire up about 6 a.m. And that sound was just beautiful with the morning dew, no other morning sounds, just wow! Thanks to all who helped put this together and post.
A fascinating engine to say the very least. Thank you for taking the time to make this instructional video. Very well done and most educational. Andy 🇨🇦
WOW!!!!! You are just AMAZING!!!! Here in the USA 🇺🇸 this P&W R1340 is worth about $150,000. The P&W R980 sells for around $100,000. 👍🏼 Between all three engines you own there you have WELL OVER $300,000 worth of engines there. 😉👍🏼 I LOVE YOUR WORK!!!
What always amazes me is that someone came up with this in their head without the aid of computers or high tech assistance. All brain work and trial and error. Just amazing.
they made the Atomic bomb w/o the aid of a computer and only the most rudimentary computers in the Apollo 11 space craft. We have to have their engineering education. I have been trying to figure out how these radial engines work as far as their timing and camshafts go. There are a couple of good videos here on the workings of the radial engine but they seem so unbalanced.
There is an interesting story about the later P&W R 2800. The plain bearings required a third metal in the Babbit in order to survive the greater horsepower load. Can't think of the third metal but a little homework on Google should dig up the testing and research. Very bright,knowledgeable people digging deep,and the produced outstanding designs. The whole story of how Pratt and Whitney chose aviation engines after Wright,is worth digging out as well. Cheers.
The actual thought and innovation that went into this type of engine is in and of itself so interesting. Had the honor of touring the aviation museum in Ohio earlier in my life and came away very impressed with what was there.
Rebuilt a lot of these in my youth for crop dusters. Lots of fun and learned a lot. Always wanted an agcat of my own with a 1340 on the nose, none of that turbine conversion shit
This turned out to be a work of art! I would have liked for you to have gone into the fuel system a little bit, along with the oiling and electrical system. John, thank you for taking the time to film this video. You have put a smile on my face, that's for sure! I have built 14 land speed record-breaking engines. If you ever want to see your engine break some records, all it would take is you reaching out. It would be my honor and a great learning experience for the kids in my physics class. They need to see the beauty and the "soul" of things that were built without CNCs.
You Guys are awesome!!!! I wish I was there!!!!!!! The work and detail....priceless!!!!!! Way beyond words!!!! Great work my friends. Fantastic Video!!!!!
Man now I feel embarrassed. I am already 18, and the only time I tried to rebuild an engine (a Chinese Honda clone single cylinder go kart motor) I ended up with a shat up pile of parts that is now all useless and that I can no longer put back together due to damaged and lost pieces...
Around 1967 a pilot I knew at Central Airlines told me that he had cornered the world market for most spare parts for the R-1340. I imagine he had a well-financed retirement. A couple of years later, Frontier Airlines in Denver retired their last DC-3s and sold all their spare engine parts (R-1830) to an aircraft salvage yard across the street. These were serviceable, yellow-tagged, ready to fly components such as cylinders with pistons, props, magnetos, oil coolers, generators, carburetors, new spark plugs, you name it. They sold them by the POUND. I suspect they made that salvage yard owner a millionaire.
So so much work put into that engine.amazing job,consider what look like when they started,I can't even imagine how hours of work that ,and the money it took too.,nice job guys.
I flew some aerobatics (well the pilot did the work) in a Texan the first year Warbird Adventures set up camp in Rhode Island, '99 I believe. What a blast!
John Haedter, My first airplane ride, 1972 I was 16 was in an T6 Texan. The pilot, Mr. Baker, was a retired Air Force instructor and a current Crop Duster for whom I worked. He would tell me what he was going to perform and ask me if I was good with it. I remember Barrel Rolls, Loops, Stalls, Slow Rolls and Steep Turns. The plane had a complete set of instruments in the back. Mr. Baker would tell me to note the altitude prior to executing and point out the altitude when finished. He always nailed the finish altitude . Later on flying with other pilots I realized Mr.Baker was extremely skilled.
@@wms1650 That's cool! The house where I was born was surrounded by potato fields (now "turf-fields") and on Saturday mornings they would crop-dust the fields. Beat the fuck out of Saturday morning television. The airport was (& still is) about two fields away.
It's only tangentially related to. What you're seeing in this video is a phenomenon known as "rolling shutter" combined with using way to high of a shutter speed. If using a real digital camera to film this, just slow the shutter speed down to something like 1/50 or 1/60s. Not only will your video have a more cinematic look, the prop will blur out in the way people will expect to see of a spinning prop in a film. He probably used a cell phone on auto or something, hence the really high shutter speed. You can tell the shutter speed is really high because you can see the propeller tip clear and sharp in the frames.
Sorry guys... Beautiful work, but a wrong propeller! This an geared 1340 meant for a three blade propeller. - Have a look ar The Dhc-3 Otter which have the same engine... A two blader is meant for an ungeared 1340... - How I know..? I have worked on both type engines for eleven years...
NO, it all depends on RPM you want as there are many many different configurations and there are twins that are heavier and push way more air and require a lot less RPM.
I've built hot rods, custom motorcycles, know my way around a machine shop..but this...this is ART, an absolute masterpiece. Amazing amount of affection went into this. Beautifully done..
My dad was a radial engine inspector for Douglas Aircraft during most of WW-2. He got hundreds of engines for heavy bombers rebuilt and ready for combat again. I was too young to remember much of those days but I do remember the air being full of those 2 and 4 engine radial power plants flying overhead. The sound was riveting to me then and that has newer changed. God Bless our troops from then and also now.
The Pratt and Whitney engines were legendary in our aviation history. Without these motors, we wouldn't be where we are. Incredible engineering.
Sir, You are a Artist!! Your engine is a work of art!!
It looks great and runs magnificently!!!
AWESOME!!!
Nice work. A follow up video showing HOW you restored each part, what brand of paint, even the grit of the sandblasting material. Most of us gear heads love the details and learning different techniques. Radials rule!!
Aah, fond memories of a Whirlwind 3 with this beast in it. My hat is off to you with this beautiful piece of work. Thankyou.
Bob, Royal Navy Air Mechanic.
In the mid-1960s I was a mechanic for a regional U.S. carrier. Most of the pilots at that time were WWII veterans and real characters. One of them told me that he had pretty much cornered the world market on serviceable parts and spares for the R-1340. I imagine his retirement was considerably enriched by his investment.
It never ceases to amaze me how they were able to design and mass produce such precise equipment way before computers. That's some fantastic engineering.
you probably know how they did so you'd probably do it yourself if you want to built a efficient and reliable engine
Computer don't make things better! This proves it!
@@jhaedtler yep they test various tests on how to make efficient engines and did various documentations on paper and writes down what could be better or atleast that's what i think
because that was the way it was..its the computers that have ruined our lives making everything so easy and possibly crap
yep and we just had to protoype everything with what we've calcucated to be good
Mouse steer you said it. When I was stationed in Louisiana back in the late 1960s, the air base had an A1 E and what a beautiful sound. I had CQ one night and I watched her fire up about 6 a.m. And that sound was just beautiful with the morning dew, no other morning sounds, just wow! Thanks to all who helped put this together and post.
Nice job making this old girl come back to life
Why would someone Dislike this? It's fantastic to see this beauty run again!
great to see that we still have people with the skills and passion to restore these old engines, great job and well done
I would have loved to be part of this restoration. Simply amazing! Eceptional engineering. Congradulations to all who worked on this project......
What an amazing restoration, and labor of love! Thank you for preserving a part of aviation history.
A fascinating engine to say the very least. Thank you for taking the time to make this instructional video. Very well done and most educational. Andy 🇨🇦
WOW!!!!! You are just AMAZING!!!! Here in the USA 🇺🇸 this P&W R1340 is worth about $150,000. The P&W R980 sells for around $100,000. 👍🏼 Between all three engines you own there you have WELL OVER $300,000 worth of engines there. 😉👍🏼 I LOVE YOUR WORK!!!
What always amazes me is that someone came up with this in their head without the aid of computers or high tech assistance. All brain work and trial and error. Just amazing.
Ramond Ferreal I feel the same way
they made the Atomic bomb w/o the aid of a computer and only the most rudimentary computers in the Apollo 11 space craft. We have to have their engineering education. I have been trying to figure out how these radial engines work as far as their timing and camshafts go. There are a couple of good videos here on the workings of the radial engine but they seem so unbalanced.
There is an interesting story about the later P&W R 2800. The plain bearings required a third metal in the Babbit in order to survive the greater horsepower load. Can't think of the third metal but a little homework on Google should dig up the testing and research. Very bright,knowledgeable people digging deep,and the produced outstanding designs. The whole story of how Pratt and Whitney chose aviation engines after Wright,is worth digging out as well. Cheers.
Beautiful work. Thank-you so much for sharing.
it does my heart good to see old-school machinery like that 'Wasp' working again!
Much respect, that’s quite a project! I’ve built several automobile engines... but nothing like that!
Labor of love. No real value in this task other than personal satisfaction and RUclips enjoyment. Thanks!!
Good to see another restored P & W engine in Australia.
thanks for documenting such a cool restoration, truly a technical marvel and a work of passion
That is one of the prettiest P&Ws I've ever seen. Hope that you've got something nice to put it into.
The actual thought and innovation that went into this type of engine is in and of itself so interesting. Had the honor of touring the aviation museum in Ohio earlier in my life and came away very impressed with what was there.
Rebuilt a lot of these in my youth for crop dusters. Lots of fun and learned a lot. Always wanted an agcat of my own with a 1340 on the nose, none of that turbine conversion shit
Awesome job, that sound of a radial. Nothing like it.
A great restoration indeed putting an old and in very bad and rusty condition back to new 👍👍👍
Incredible accomplishment, Hats off to you Sir! Many Thanks
Really impressive to see the result after overhaul and assembly.
What a wonderful video, congratulations to all who had a part in this.
This turned out to be a work of art! I would have liked for you to have gone into the fuel system a little bit, along with the oiling and electrical system. John, thank you for taking the time to film this video. You have put a smile on my face, that's for sure! I have built 14 land speed record-breaking engines. If you ever want to see your engine break some records, all it would take is you reaching out. It would be my honor and a great learning experience for the kids in my physics class. They need to see the beauty and the "soul" of things that were built without CNCs.
What a beautiful piece of work. Put the right prop in front and the right plane in back, and she'll be all ready to go.
perfect! not the usual pallet mounted smokey crap but a proper job, well done
R-1340 were on the Army U-1A De Havilland Otters. I worked on several at Verona Army Airfield, Boscomantico Italy in 1967.
Excellent job saving a piece of aviation history.
Music, absolute Music. Great effort, great video.
A beautiful child from a mess.. good work a resurrection
Vous êtes un magicien et vous nous faites rêver!!!
Mille fois bravo 🙄👍🏻👏🏻
That was a magic outcome for what you started out with on dis-assembly. Thanks for showing!
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What a beautiful running engine that is , runs like a summers evening . Well done to you ......................
You Guys are awesome!!!! I wish I was there!!!!!!! The work and detail....priceless!!!!!! Way beyond words!!!! Great work my friends. Fantastic Video!!!!!
thanks
Beautiful restoration.
Amazing restoration of that engine.
Ok
What a lovely piece of aviation art-history.
I work in the building in Melrose Park, Illinois where that engine was built and tested during the war. We still build and test engines for trucks
Mmmmmmmmm. I'm green with envy, I love those round engines! Would have loved to work on it!
Oh boy, listen to that sound... sweet music I say! Congratulations! Could serve as a nice cooler in summer too... :-)
You sir are a genius,highly entertaining.
What a gratifying example of fantastic TLC. Kudos to all involved.
You did a tremendous job, comgrats
About 40 years ago I re -bushed 5 slave rods from an identical engine. I turned the bushes up from PB rod then reamed the fit !
@John Rutherford Magnificent work. Thank You for cataloging the overhaul, & for sharing your video!
Music, absolute music! Thank you.
It was done an exceptional job well done! !
Outstanding effort...you might almost have yourself a good cottage industry going there - still a demand for radials!
Runs as good as it looks great job thank you for posting this video
Freakin' old man knowledge and know-how! I was proud of myself when I rebuilt my first V-8. This is orders of magnitude more impressive!
Man now I feel embarrassed. I am already 18, and the only time I tried to rebuild an engine (a Chinese Honda clone single cylinder go kart motor) I ended up with a shat up pile of parts that is now all useless and that I can no longer put back together due to damaged and lost pieces...
Thanks for taking the time to document this what a beautiful engine
Around 1967 a pilot I knew at Central Airlines told me that he had cornered the world market for most spare parts for the R-1340. I imagine he had a well-financed retirement. A couple of years later, Frontier Airlines in Denver retired their last DC-3s and sold all their spare engine parts (R-1830) to an aircraft salvage yard across the street. These were serviceable, yellow-tagged, ready to fly components such as cylinders with pistons, props, magnetos, oil coolers, generators, carburetors, new spark plugs, you name it. They sold them by the POUND. I suspect they made that salvage yard owner a millionaire.
What a shame but on the other hand it wld be boring if everyone had a 1340 in their shed hey,,cheers John
Nice job and thanks for no lame ass music .
Can see you`re not only a great technitian, but the fact that you love mechanics.
Awesome job, I'm just starting in the world of aviation mechanics and i hope to be that skilled sometime in the future.
Whoever designed the radial engine was a genius!
Work of art !
A thing of beauty, well done!
Amazing work. Thanks for sharing!
Thankyou
Great job John!
So so much work put into that engine.amazing job,consider what look like when they started,I can't even imagine how hours of work that ,and the money it took too.,nice job guys.
That round sound that sings my sweet tune!
That is what an engine is supposed to sound like! My first time starting a 1340 I was about 9 years old, neighbor had a couple of AT-6's!
I flew some aerobatics (well the pilot did the work) in a Texan the first year Warbird Adventures set up camp in Rhode Island, '99 I believe. What a blast!
John Haedter, My first airplane ride, 1972 I was 16 was in an T6 Texan. The pilot, Mr. Baker, was a retired Air Force instructor and a current Crop Duster for whom I worked. He would tell me what he was going to perform and ask me if I was good with it.
I remember Barrel Rolls, Loops, Stalls, Slow Rolls and Steep Turns.
The plane had a complete set of instruments in the back. Mr. Baker would tell me to note the altitude prior to executing and point out the altitude when finished.
He always nailed the finish altitude .
Later on flying with other pilots I realized Mr.Baker was extremely skilled.
@@wms1650 That's cool! The house where I was born was surrounded by potato fields (now "turf-fields") and on Saturday mornings they would crop-dust the fields. Beat the fuck out of Saturday morning television. The airport was (& still is) about two fields away.
...... It looks...... BRAND NEW! - Congratulations.
Correction: I think it looks better than “out of the factory” new.
Beautiful Engine and amazing restoration!
Excellent presentation.
Well, we opened the throttle and that thing buggered off across the field, took out ol lady Crenshaw's fence and we ain't seen it since.
Fantastic job, congrats to you all. It was a pleasure to see it fire up
Absolutely fantastic work!
Very nice model and excellent description.
Lettering blends in with the background
thanks for the feedback Larry what colour would you recomend ???
Beautiful work. Top notch
That feeling of power is exhilarating !!
Anyone who saves "Round Engines" shall be blessed....................... ;-p
goose bumps !
Thats history right there. Alvays kinda favored them radials. Indiana Jones would approve.
Another awesome job. Well done. That is a kick-arse hobby you have got going on there. We need to find you a Drom engine. Cheers.
There is just something about that throaty sound radials produce that says"AVIATION"
There is just something about that throaty sound radials produce that says"GLOBAL WARMING"
@@j.j.c.s2802 shut up snowflake!
@@j.j.c.s2802: Don't you have something better to do than criticize something about which you know nothing?
Excellent job and that lovely sound
Absolutely fantastic. Would like to hear about fuels and oils used now a days for these older machines.
GREAT job on the rehab!!!
Now you need to find you a P&W R4360 and restore it. That would be million dollar engine right there. 😃👍🏼
My Father in Law was a crew chief during WW2 at London airport, He and his crew worked on B24's.
That was really good 👍
Wow, what a beautiful job!
Beautifully done.
fantastic engine !!!
good job.
Great job! I hate what digital cameras do to spinning props though....
It melts them!
its because of how high the framerate is
It's only tangentially related to. What you're seeing in this video is a phenomenon known as "rolling shutter" combined with using way to high of a shutter speed. If using a real digital camera to film this, just slow the shutter speed down to something like 1/50 or 1/60s. Not only will your video have a more cinematic look, the prop will blur out in the way people will expect to see of a spinning prop in a film. He probably used a cell phone on auto or something, hence the really high shutter speed. You can tell the shutter speed is really high because you can see the propeller tip clear and sharp in the frames.
Would look even more beautiful in a T-6
I just hate the WEIRD way that digital movies make rotating propellers look...
But nice job on the engine!
A grand job.
BEAUTIFUL ❤️😍❣️😍 AND BEAUTIFUL ❤️😍❣️ AGAIN!! MASTERPIECE OF ENGERNING!!!!!?👍👍👍😋😎🥰😁😂🤣
Sorry guys... Beautiful work, but a wrong propeller!
This an geared 1340 meant for a three blade propeller.
- Have a look ar The Dhc-3 Otter which have the same engine...
A two blader is meant for an ungeared 1340...
- How I know..? I have worked on both type engines for eleven years...
It's not flying. The propeller is set to zero pitch. It's only purpose is to be a flywheel.
@@spacemutt1978 Im so proud of you!!! What have you restored latelty?
@@chaley9093 hah. Okay, Sky Captain Sarcasm. :)
NO, it all depends on RPM you want as there are many many different configurations and there are twins that are heavier and push way more air and require a lot less RPM.