@pete2778 Hey sorry I mis-read you it happens. I didn't realise you have a fondness for hot oil in your face. If you like rotaries check out Kermit Weeks channel if you don't know already.
Nicely done. Its definitely a piece of engineering marvel. As a machinist, I am curious to know how oiling system works and how the top end stays lubricated without rocker covers.
It's amazing to see a person with that much talent operating a milling machine, but the ability to engineer the final engine is truly awesome. Beautiful work!
The dislikes are from the Rotec staff in Australia. They don't like it when someone scratch builds something that is far superior too their screaming piles of shite! 0_o
@@panzerlieb yep..you can easily see that....i can easily see kim kardashen naked...dosnt mean im gona fuck her. you would have to be nuts to do that. well nuts to fly in it.. all the 1000 hrs work aside
Very, Very cool. You are a talented machinist, but it takes even more knowledge to know how to make everything work. One of the neatest most advanced do-it-yourself projects I've ever seen. I make a lot of stuff by myself, for myself but nothing as advanced as this! Mind you I don't have a full machine shop. Yet. Props bud, incredible build.
My dad spent his entire life selling Machine Tools. He was the go-to guy for every machine that moved west of the Mississippi. If you had a flarod that needed a .03 widel he could tell you the exact machine and have it on a flatbed interior shop as quick as can be. Some of my favorite memories where the machine tool shows where each manufacturer would demonstrate the latest and greatest of their product line. It never cease to amaze me how you could take a piece of metal and with a little creativity in the right tool anything's possible! Huge kudos to the radial engine crew!!! It is so refreshing to see brains put to a positive purpose. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing it.
Quite simply, this engine is a design, engineering and construction masterpiece, a true work of aviation engine art. I would love to see this engine in a small self-built aircraft, it's natural home!
WOW!, Arnold, You are Definitely Da Man!!!,,, I am in the automotive business with several franchised repair shops and always try to look at relative things and other things like this. You have really created a beautiful motor that would be far superior to any other I the manner it was constructed!!!!.... Great Job Arnold!!! Great Job!!!
This is by far the most stunning piece of automotive enginerring art i have seen, its just beautiful and the attention to detail is greatly appreciated by people like me. Please keep it as a work of art on display, it does not need to be used for any other purpose. you are obviouly a living legend, considering you made this, because you can !! congratulations Sir Arnold, you are "De Man" !
I've always had dreams of having such a shop available to create some of the automotive adapters I've thought up. You get an enthusiastic thumbs up from this wannabe machinist. I'm experiencing serious envy pangs! lol
Nathan Dean I've gotten more free lawnmowers out of spring cleanup that won't start because of rust build up on the coil that anything.3 screws a bit of 200 grit sandpaper and made my self $40.
... recently, on FB, a video has been making the rounds of a carpenter made 9 cyl. radial engine... the maker was able to take all the parts off and show/explain what they did and how it worked... that was cool... and it made understanding this piece of work all the more satisfying...nice work this, very nice work...congratulations...
It's a work of art. Not just because you've made such a smooth running engine, but the extra effort in things like the copper intake manifolds. I agree with everyone else, this should be bolted on to some kind of small aircraft. A double row unit is obviously a lot more work, but could give it the edge as a "vintage" aircraft engine. During WWII, Australia was having trouble sourcing their own fighters to defend the northern borders, so they designed and built their own. They took a trainer known as the Wirraway, that looks like a stubby Mitsubishi Zero, and reworked it to become the Boomerang. From first sketch to flying prototype took 6 weeks. They strengthened the airframe, added a pair of 30mm machine guns, and in place of its 7 cylinder radial engine, they fitted a double row, 14 cylinder radial that I believe also powered the B-17. It could climb vertical to 20,000 feet, something neither the Spitfire, Hurricane nor Mustang could do.
Blackiceman225 How can you compare your built bike to this engine? I jumped over expecting something special but instead I got a bought bike. What a disappointment!
Bob Ordewald sorry Bob but you didn't understand the context... Groutaone is known for his Honda Cr500 Videos and when I saw his comment, I just wanted to show him my bike :D So don't be disapointed ;)
Arnold Sir, You have created a beautiful piece of engineering jewelry ! My hat is off to you ! I am a VW connoisseur, and always have been fascinated with the radial Engine ! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !
Why Terry? VW sorted the oiling out with their engine, why any different here? I don't get why though the heads were machined to exposethe rockers?? Maybe to make it look older??
You must be the calmest person ever. I would be running up and down my street like a maniac shouting "It works!! It F'n works!!" Until my neighbors call the police.
I think you may have unleashed something locked away in those parts....That thing may try to invade Poland and annex Sudetenland if you aren't careful...
It is a dry dump, sort of. In this case there is a pressure lube pump a separate oil tank and a oil scavenge sump that drains back into the oil tank. It’s functional the way is but could use a little more development. Say like an oil cooler and a scavenge pump or a two sided pressure/scavenge pump. As long as you don’t go inverted with it, it will work just fine.
Ben, I was wondering the same thing! I came to the conclusion that he must have Rocker Covers and Tubular Pushrod Covers, lest you would Lose Oil, and render a potential Pilot, Blind in a Short Order! I just came to the conclusion that he probably just wanted to watch it Run in the Naked sense, and would deal with it later. However... I am just now realizing that I have been very surprised to see other Radial Engines with the Rockers exposed. A competent Machinist wouldn’t overlook that situation... and he definitely is a Competent Machinist, from one to another. He has done a beautiful Job!!!! 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In the "old days" they had oil cans. Joking but even the old steam engines had litle oilers or ports. You have to oil them periodically. I don't think this engine was ment to "fly" more a work of engineering art, and a dam good one.
Arnold, I am a Senior ll R&D Machinist in the USA, and I share your Fascination with the Radial Engine!! I am very happy for you in bringing your Design to fruition!! You have done a Beautiful Job with this Engine, and I am just ecstatic about this!! I wish that I was Setup with a good Machine Shop and Welding Equipment in my Garage. It has been a plan of mine to make my Grandkids Minibike and Go-Kart’s, etc. when I Retired.... however The Lord 🙌 saw fit to allow me 😉 to develop MS (Multiple Sclerosis), and I’ve been Disabled by it, for 19+ Years now... and I cannot afford to Build a Good Shop now, and I won’t likely ever be able to fulfill that Dream.🤧 Anyway, it is always fascinating for me to see the Machining that Machinists across the World are doing, and compare any things at all, that are different from the way that we do things here in the USA. From your short Film anyways.... I haven’t noticed anything that differs from the way that we work. What Grade of Aluminum did you use for all of these Parts, in particular, the Connecting Rods? Do you have any Future Plans for your Engine, or will it always be on it’s Engine Stand? I used to Minister to the Seniors in our Church before Developing MS, and I was told a Story by a Senior Friend from our Church, many Years ago, about how he used to be a Mechanic for the Local Airport, Working on Crop Dusters, and he told me how he had a Big Aircraft Radial Engine, on a Stand like you do, except he made the the Bottom of his Engine Stand, with Steel Skis so to speak, with the Front of his Stand, having Radiuses in front, like Skis do, so he could move it around easier. He told me that the Pastor of his Church was visiting him one day... and he took him to the Garage where his Radial Engine was, to show him what he had been up to.... also I think, because he was somewhat proud of it. The Pastor, Roy Huckaby, stood in front of the Engine, some distance away from the Prop. Now Tom, had a Prop mounted on the Engine, Similar to you have.... and he started the Engine, with himself, standing behind the Engine, on the Steel Ski’s, and he was Revving the the Engine periodically, as people do when they are running an Engine.... and he Revved it more and more, end he eventually Revved it so High, that the Engine, mounted on the Ski Like Bottom of the Engine Stand, pushed itself several Feet forward, right up close to his Pastor, Roy Huckaby, and the Engine, on it’s “Ski’s,” stopped just short of “Mulching” poor Old Roy Huckaby, and scared the Living Daylights out of Tom Azevedo, realizing that he almost took the Life of his Dear Friend.... and that was the last time that Tom ever started up that Engine on his Stand..... so be careful!! PS. Sometime before he had it on that Stand this last time, he had made a Flat Bottomed Boat, similar to those you have probably seen being used on the Florida Everglades. Now you see, we are in Prime Farming Country... and he had told me that when certain Crops were being Heavily Watered, he would take his Flat Bottomed Boat to the Field, and Race it all over those Fields being Flooded! (They had to have just recently been Planted.) It just realized, that what seems like it would be a more complicated Engine to Build.... it would be much simpler to Manufacture, based on the Fact that you wouldn’t have to Make a much much more Labor Intensive and Technically Challenging Looooooong Crankshafts that the In-Line Engines require, and that would be a tremendous Weight and Time Savings that the Radial Engines had over many of the other Engines!! Do have a much longer Video covering your Design of the Engine, (You likely Designed it all on CAD right?) and your thoughts as you we’re going along in this Machining Adventure.... that also let’s us hear you thinking out loud, and Narrating what you were Learning about the Radial Engines, in your earlier Stages, etc.? Thanks so very much for sharing your Engine with us. Personally, enjoyed it very, very much!! 👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for sharing your Engine with us! I personally, enjoyed it very much!!
with 7 turbos plumed onto this thing and the 7 intake pipes feeding into the carbs............it would be a work of art....I would just sit and looks at it for hours...
+Gavin Windsor that running on something like nitromethane would be some savage piece of art work, I'd go deaf with something like that, the lines on that would both be functional and beautiful at the same time
@@MidwestFarmToys The VW engines that the cylinders were taken from do have oiled top ends, I'm not sure why this guy didn't have valve covers other than it would have been a lot of extra work. I wouldn't trust this engine to operate more than a dozen or so minutes at a time, let alone being used in anything like experimental aircraft.
Joelee Finn, dry sump. Scavenge oil pump collects spent oil to external tank, gets pressure fed back to motor. Except to the valve gear that appears to be uncovered for oiling by engine. Grease it up before takeoff!
curious if it has been dyno tested? Any ideas as to how much power it makes and weights? Would be really cool if it was, then put a turbo or two on it and see how it does😊 maybe even some water/meth injection😈 then see how much it makes😆
it has to be a total loss oil system, no way to recover the oil from the lower cylinders without using a vacuum pump. Originally radial engines used castor oil, pilots would be very eager to get back to their parking spot after ingesting for a couple of hours😄
Mark Watrous correction: rotaries are total loss radials are dry sump (oil return pipe is in the lower gap between the cylinders below the master) check google if you don't believe me
cartmanrlsusall Back about 1970 Gulf sponsored a Ford GT at Sebring. The oil cans said Single G but the sweet aroma of the burning oil said castor oil.
+Mark Watrous: Yes, radial engines use a dry-sump oil system since there is no place to put an oil pan. An internal oil pump would scavenge the oil from the crankcase & send it back to an external oil tank. Then a tank-mounted oil pump would pump oil through a filter, then a cooler, then back to the engine where the other side of the engine oil pump would send preszurized oil through the oil channels. The cycle would then repeat itself again, over and over and over, and so on, ad nauseum.
I just saw over 400 thumbs down. They must either hate VW or are jealous if amazing machining talent. In the person that made this has a whole lot of talent!
+Stuntman Mike 15hp? that can't be right. The 4cyl engine that donated the parts is good for 60 - 80 hp. Regardless, excellent machine work and I look forward to seeing it mated to an airframe.
+Stuntman Mike 30 nm - is that 30 nanometers of torque? Haha, just kidding. ;-) If the original bore and stroke are used and the original 4-cyl configuration put out 80 hp, then this 7-cyl configuration puts out 80 hp/4 cyl = 20 hp / cyl x 7 cyl = 140 hp...
As a metal parts manufacturing technician, my congratulations for your work on this star engine, I think you have to have a great experience in this area. regards
Arnold you are de man!!!!! That's an awesome display of talent. It would be cool to see someone build a plane for your engine and see it fly. Keep up the great work.
What do I love about art? It's completely unnecessary and time consuming, and yet it is something entirely worth living for! There's a magic to it. And this is no doubt a work of art.
What a great piece of perfect work!!! I love the sound of the old "boxer-engines". And now as an radial one. Has anyone ever tried that wonderful engine in an aeroplane?
I started as a VW mechanic in 1972 and retired in 2010. I could rebuild the air cooled engine in my sleep. This is just amazing.
can u be my consultant fam?
Wolffreespirit, Bleak House did not say he was the only one...
@Wolfreespirit Rebel what a douche bag...........
@Wolfreespirit Rebel Real men do not have to make statements like this...
Wolfreespirit Rebel, my schwanze is bigger than yours.
This engine is a work of art. A thing of beauty. And a work of genius. Bravo!
That and more. I would put one in my living room, just to play with and marvel over, if I could afford it.
All the dislikes are people that wished they had half the talent to do this.
Do not focus on the negative jew grasshopper McKenzie. Just wonder..."Would I fly with this empowering my craft"?
@pete2778 Rotary is different concept this is a radial engine.
@pete2778 Hey sorry I mis-read you it happens. I didn't realise you have a fondness for hot oil in your face.
If you like rotaries check out Kermit Weeks channel if you don't know already.
All dislike want make the same from dieselgate engines
@@thedave7760 And diarrhea since it is generally castor oil vapor. I got that comment from a Shuttleworth pilot.
Nicely done. Its definitely a piece of engineering marvel.
As a machinist, I am curious to know how oiling system works and how the top end stays lubricated without rocker covers.
I would assume it just gets a few drops of machine oil prior to running, like on early OHV Buicks
It's amazing to see a person with that much talent operating a milling machine, but the ability to engineer the final engine is truly awesome. Beautiful work!
Oh come on! over 100 dislikes! What's there not to like about this? Bloody brilliant I thought, awesome work.
I guess a lot of people don't like the fact that they lack the skill to do this quality of work.
The dislikes are from the Rotec staff in Australia. They don't like it when someone scratch builds something that is far superior too their screaming piles of shite! 0_o
DitzyDoo that may be lol
@@panzerlieb just say'in ya know… 0_o
@Ditzy
I have a Rotec bench oven... tell me it's not the same Co building engines! The oven even vibrates screws loose.
Many might ask 'why make it?'. I would ask them 'why not make it?'. Cool project.
I've actually been working on an exact copy of the Nakajima Sakae-12, but I'm just a LITTLE BIT short on supplies, not alot
@Barry White That's because you have no life, idiot. Go watch American Idol or those Kardashians.
Emperor Sudo wow I hope you post a video when you get that done
Barry White waste of time? not at all. I can easily see mounting this on a WW1 replica aircraft.
@@panzerlieb yep..you can easily see that....i can easily see kim kardashen naked...dosnt mean im gona fuck her. you would have to be nuts to do that. well nuts to fly in it.. all the 1000 hrs work aside
Very, Very cool. You are a talented machinist, but it takes even more knowledge to know how to make everything work. One of the neatest most advanced do-it-yourself projects I've ever seen. I make a lot of stuff by myself, for myself but nothing as advanced as this! Mind you I don't have a full machine shop. Yet. Props bud, incredible build.
Already looks more reliable and better built than a Rotec.
The rockers and push rods MUST circulate oil!!..It won't last 10 minutes at speed
Rubber band is more reliable than a rotec.
Yeah, why are they still in business and are they as bad as I’ve read?
Sad. Rotec engines "LOOK" the part
My dad spent his entire life selling Machine Tools. He was the go-to guy for every machine that moved west of the Mississippi. If you had a flarod that needed a .03 widel he could tell you the exact machine and have it on a flatbed interior shop as quick as can be. Some of my favorite memories where the machine tool shows where each manufacturer would demonstrate the latest and greatest of their product line. It never cease to amaze me how you could take a piece of metal and with a little creativity in the right tool anything's possible! Huge kudos to the radial engine crew!!! It is so refreshing to see brains put to a positive purpose. Keep up the great work, and thank you for sharing it.
dude you are incredible. im training to be an engineer and i can only hope that one day i have the skills and brains that you do, thanks for sharing.
Quite simply, this engine is a design, engineering and construction masterpiece, a true work of aviation engine art.
I would love to see this engine in a small self-built aircraft, it's natural home!
Hook up to a rat rod. In the back of an old VW. Motorcycle??
@@ericshinault3628 ALL those things ! LOL !
WOW!, Arnold, You are Definitely Da Man!!!,,, I am in the automotive business with several franchised repair shops and always try to look at relative things and other things like this. You have really created a beautiful motor that would be far superior to any other I the manner it was constructed!!!!.... Great Job Arnold!!! Great Job!!!
Thank you very much John!
Are you running oil injection on this?
john slorac
Is there an oil lubrication system?
probably total-loss - use once, then oil the pilot. :P
This is by far the most stunning piece of automotive enginerring art i have seen, its just beautiful and the attention to detail is greatly appreciated by people like me. Please keep it as a work of art on display, it does not need to be used for any other purpose. you are obviouly a living legend, considering you made this, because you can !! congratulations Sir Arnold, you are "De Man" !
All the dislikes are wives who wanted the lawn mowed instead.
And who can see their husbands eyeing off their precious beetle..
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Awesome I really do admire those who make things like this. It shows that there is a future for mankind outside of corporations
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Agreed. The cooperations are fucking us
AWESOME!! You did an amazing job! Depending on available HP you could use this in an ultralight aircraft!! One of a kind!
How does anyone down vote this, this is amazing, fantastic effort, skill and result wow
Mike Connor someone who is not capable of doing anything this cool.
I've always had dreams of having such a shop available to create some of the automotive adapters I've thought up. You get an enthusiastic thumbs up from this wannabe machinist. I'm experiencing serious envy pangs! lol
Arnold, the new world will have a special place for folks like you. Well done.
this is fantastic....hands down, the best build on youtube
Um... That is truly amazing. I can think of allot of people that would want this for their homebuilt aircraft !!
thats awesome, im still trying to figure out why my lawnmower doesnt run right lol
check the fuel float. depending on the carb on it. it might a have a float or bad gas. like water in it. could be a bad spark plug try replacing it.
Nathan Dean I've gotten more free lawnmowers out of spring cleanup that won't start because of rust build up on the coil that anything.3 screws a bit of 200 grit sandpaper and made my self $40.
good 4 you.
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... recently, on FB, a video has been making the rounds of a carpenter made 9 cyl. radial engine... the maker was able to take all the parts off and show/explain what they did and how it worked... that was cool... and it made understanding this piece of work all the more satisfying...nice work this, very nice work...congratulations...
Awesome. (From an old USAF radial engine mechanic.)
It's a work of art. Not just because you've made such a smooth running engine, but the extra effort in things like the copper intake manifolds. I agree with everyone else, this should be bolted on to some kind of small aircraft. A double row unit is obviously a lot more work, but could give it the edge as a "vintage" aircraft engine.
During WWII, Australia was having trouble sourcing their own fighters to defend the northern borders, so they designed and built their own. They took a trainer known as the Wirraway, that looks like a stubby Mitsubishi Zero, and reworked it to become the Boomerang. From first sketch to flying prototype took 6 weeks. They strengthened the airframe, added a pair of 30mm machine guns, and in place of its 7 cylinder radial engine, they fitted a double row, 14 cylinder radial that I believe also powered the B-17. It could climb vertical to 20,000 feet, something neither the Spitfire, Hurricane nor Mustang could do.
Just looked up the Wirraway, and laughed. It does look like a stubby Zero.
An absolute work of art! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
you clever Dutch git. I envy men like you. this is beautiful, well done.
I'm specialize in fabricating things that don't exist, so I can appreciate the time and effort,..Great work fabricating that phantom engine !
Thanks !
Probably the coolest vw engine ever. Beautiful craftsmanship way to go. Sounds fantastic too.
This video put a smile on my face, I can imagine this engine in a chopper ha ha
Hey its groutaone, the man with the cr500 :D
Yeah I like it too, very well engineered ;)
Hey man check out my Aprilia RXV Videos, if you like :))
Blackiceman225 How can you compare your built bike to this engine? I jumped over expecting something special but instead I got a bought bike. What a disappointment!
Bob Ordewald sorry Bob but you didn't understand the context...
Groutaone is known for his Honda Cr500 Videos and when I saw his comment, I just wanted to show him my bike :D
So don't be disapointed ;)
ok NOW I understand. My apologies. Someday I'll get my 1975 XL350 Honda out and finish it. I like bikes as well!
Cheers,
Bob
Staunton Virginia. USA
Bob Ordewald No Problem man.
I would love to see this in a video :)
Greetings from Germany :D
Holy crap please tell me you’re going to mount this to an aircraft. Please please please 🤤 outstanding work!
That might be the coolest thing I've seen! Amazing!!
Arnold Sir,
You have created a beautiful piece of engineering jewelry !
My hat is off to you !
I am a VW connoisseur, and always have been fascinated with the radial Engine !
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !
Thanks a lot!!
why do ppl dislike? Because it creates noise or burning fuel? This is an absolute masterpiece!
But but like .? electric is clean...it comes from those things on the wall!
Because they're jealous little girls.
GREAT WORK AND CRAFTSMANSHIP! Now if you could just help VW work on their emissions program that would be GREAT.
They have that under control, just don't look too close :-D
Looks really great. I was wondering how you sorted out the camshaft and the cylinder lubrication.
oil mixed in the
fuel
Why Terry? VW sorted the oiling out with their engine, why any different here?
I don't get why though the heads were machined to exposethe rockers?? Maybe to make it look older??
Probably has a roller bearing bottom end and rockers with two stroke oil in the fuel. Just a guess. But it would be the simplest way to me
true craftsmanship DOES still exist!
A true Craftsman. A mechanical work of art and a thing of beauty
You must be the calmest person ever. I would be running up and down my street like a maniac shouting "It works!! It F'n works!!" Until my neighbors call the police.
I think you may have unleashed something locked away in those parts....That thing may try to invade Poland and annex Sudetenland if you aren't careful...
LOL!
Das Reich :p
*Erika plays*
shouldnt there be oil to the rocker arms and lifters?
Like others, i'm interested in how the lubrication system works in a radial..it seems to be the 'extreme' of 'dry sump' ??
It is a dry dump, sort of. In this case there is a pressure lube pump a separate oil tank and a oil scavenge sump that drains back into the oil tank. It’s functional the way is but could use a little more development. Say like an oil cooler and a scavenge pump or a two sided pressure/scavenge pump. As long as you don’t go inverted with it, it will work just fine.
@@panzerlieb thank you, sir !
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There's dedication for you. Cylinder head machining looks very good
That is amazing times ten thousand. I can appreciate the engineering and machining required to make such an engine. Thank you for sharing.
I'm absolutely in love with this engine I do have a question ... How are the rockers on this engine oiled?
Lava LifeGuard not in this video they are not
Ben,
I was wondering the same thing! I came to the conclusion that he must have Rocker Covers and Tubular Pushrod Covers, lest you would Lose Oil, and render a potential Pilot, Blind in a Short Order! I just came to the conclusion that he probably just wanted to watch it Run in the Naked sense, and would deal with it later. However... I am just now realizing that I have been very surprised to see other Radial Engines with the Rockers exposed.
A competent Machinist wouldn’t overlook that situation... and he definitely is a Competent Machinist, from one to another. He has done a beautiful Job!!!! 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If he used Sealed bearings they shouldn’t need to be.
In the "old days" they had oil cans.
Joking but even the old steam engines had litle oilers or ports. You have to oil them periodically.
I don't think this engine was ment to "fly" more a work of engineering art, and a dam good one.
Finally...The rockers and push rods MUST circulate oil!! ..It won't last 10 minutes at speed as it sits!
where can i see more? like how the cam and rest of the crank was made.
Beautiful work of art buddy!!!!!
Arnold,
I am a Senior ll R&D Machinist in the USA, and I share your Fascination with the Radial Engine!! I am very happy for you in bringing your Design to fruition!! You have done a Beautiful Job with this Engine, and I am just ecstatic about this!! I wish that I was Setup with a good Machine Shop and Welding Equipment in my Garage. It has been a plan of mine to make my Grandkids Minibike and Go-Kart’s, etc. when I Retired.... however The Lord 🙌 saw fit to allow me 😉 to develop MS (Multiple Sclerosis), and I’ve been Disabled by it, for 19+ Years now... and I cannot afford to Build a Good Shop now, and I won’t likely ever be able to fulfill that Dream.🤧 Anyway, it is always fascinating for me to see the Machining that Machinists across the World are doing, and compare any things at all, that are different from the way that we do things here in the USA. From your short Film anyways.... I haven’t noticed anything that differs from the way that we work.
What Grade of Aluminum did you use for all of these Parts, in particular, the Connecting Rods?
Do you have any Future Plans for your Engine, or will it always be on it’s Engine Stand? I used to Minister to the Seniors in our Church before Developing MS, and I was told a Story by a Senior Friend from our Church, many Years ago, about how he used to be a Mechanic for the Local Airport, Working on Crop Dusters, and he told me how he had a Big Aircraft Radial Engine, on a Stand like you do, except he made the the Bottom of his Engine Stand, with Steel Skis so to speak, with the Front of his Stand, having Radiuses in front, like Skis do, so he could move it around easier. He told me that the Pastor of his Church was visiting him one day... and he took him to the Garage where his Radial Engine was, to show him what he had been up to.... also I think, because he was somewhat proud of it. The Pastor, Roy Huckaby, stood in front of the Engine, some distance away from the Prop. Now Tom, had a Prop mounted on the Engine, Similar to you have.... and he started the Engine, with himself, standing behind the Engine, on the Steel Ski’s, and he was Revving the the Engine periodically, as people do when they are running an Engine.... and he Revved it more and more, end he eventually Revved it so High, that the Engine, mounted on the Ski Like Bottom of the Engine Stand, pushed itself several Feet forward, right up close to his Pastor, Roy Huckaby, and the Engine, on it’s “Ski’s,” stopped just short of “Mulching” poor Old Roy Huckaby, and scared the Living Daylights out of Tom Azevedo, realizing that he almost took the Life of his Dear Friend.... and that was the last time that Tom ever started up that Engine on his Stand..... so be careful!!
PS.
Sometime before he had it on that Stand this last time, he had made a Flat Bottomed Boat, similar to those you have probably seen being used on the Florida Everglades. Now you see, we are in Prime Farming Country... and he had told me that when certain Crops were being Heavily Watered, he would take his Flat Bottomed Boat to the Field, and Race it all over those Fields being Flooded! (They had to have just recently been Planted.)
It just realized, that what seems like it would be a more complicated Engine to Build.... it would be much simpler to Manufacture, based on the Fact that you wouldn’t have to Make a much much more Labor Intensive and Technically Challenging Looooooong Crankshafts that the In-Line Engines require, and that would be a tremendous Weight and Time Savings that the Radial Engines had over many of the other Engines!!
Do have a much longer Video covering your Design of the Engine, (You likely Designed it all on CAD right?) and your thoughts as you we’re going along in this Machining Adventure.... that also let’s us hear you thinking out loud, and Narrating what you were Learning about the Radial Engines, in your earlier Stages, etc.?
Thanks so very much for sharing your Engine with us. Personally, enjoyed it very, very much!! 👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for sharing your Engine with us! I personally, enjoyed it very much!!
Wow! Simply amazing! Looks like a scaled down version of the Pratt and Whitney radials my dad ran on his Stearman sprayers back in the 1960s!
This would be incredible in a bug!
best VW engine ive ever heard......will it fit in my Honda ?
I wouldn't ask turbo yoda if I were you lol
he would turbo it though.....imagine that 7 turbos hanging of this bad boy
+Gavin Windsor sounds like a shut up and take my money situation haha, I'll take 3
with 7 turbos plumed onto this thing and the 7 intake pipes feeding into the carbs............it would be a work of art....I would just sit and looks at it for hours...
+Gavin Windsor that running on something like nitromethane would be some savage piece of art work, I'd go deaf with something like that, the lines on that would both be functional and beautiful at the same time
That was amazing. Is there no valve covers? Why wasn’t oil spewing all over the heads? Does anyone know??
There is Oil Spraying out the engine, just like all total loss radials of the era.
Even inline & V aircraft engines of the era were total loss...
David Hollenshead thank you for the response. I’ve always wondered about this. So how many hours before needing to add oil?
Does anyone know why they didn’t use valve covers in these type of engines?
@@wyattsdad8561 because treehuggers hadnt been born yet so greenpeace didnt exist.
@@MidwestFarmToys The VW engines that the cylinders were taken from do have oiled top ends, I'm not sure why this guy didn't have valve covers other than it would have been a lot of extra work. I wouldn't trust this engine to operate more than a dozen or so minutes at a time, let alone being used in anything like experimental aircraft.
Takes a great mind and a great machinist to build something like this.
I beg to see this thing properly mounted on an airframe!!!! Please!!! Congrats Arnie, that´s real ingenuity!!!!
Are the drawings for this engine available anywhere ? Very interested in making one for biplane replica project.
I would be interested in either plans or kit build. Even in beta form
all my life, I've wondered how you can have exposed lifters with no lubrication
Agreed, I meant to ask him in my comment, maybe in his case it's because the engine doesn't run for long?
Some of the small radial engines run on a fuel/oil mix of about 1/32 ratio.
I was wondering the same thing.
@@lrstaf6 But that does not transfer to lube on the lifters. You have to manually oil them with an oilcan.
Wat een geweldig werkstuk!!
Nicest sounding VW I've ever heard. Great job
that is absolutely amazing! As a lifetime mechanic I am amazed at what some ppl are capable of.
"Bloop Bloop"
Yeah, It's a VW Alright Hehehehe, This is amazing.
Why make it ???
BECAUSE YOU WANTED TOO
COOL AS ALL HELL !!!
GOOD JOB
AND GOOD LUCK
HAPPY FLYING !
how does it oil I didn't see any oil so I was curious
Splash lub perhaps
I would just sit that in my room and stare at it all day....Beautiful.
That is seriously impressive. Seriously impressive. So glad there are folks like you in the world.
How do you oil this engine. Can you explain the upside down part to me. Thank you.
Joelee Finn, dry sump. Scavenge oil pump collects spent oil to external tank, gets pressure fed back to motor. Except to the valve gear that appears to be uncovered for oiling by engine. Grease it up before takeoff!
curious if it has been dyno tested? Any ideas as to how much power it makes and weights? Would be really cool if it was, then put a turbo or two on it and see how it does😊 maybe even some water/meth injection😈 then see how much it makes😆
How about the lubrication of the valves?
it has to be a total loss oil system, no way to recover the oil from the lower cylinders without using a vacuum pump. Originally radial engines used castor oil, pilots would be very eager to get back to their parking spot after ingesting for a couple of hours😄
Mark Watrous correction: rotaries are total loss
radials are dry sump (oil return pipe is in the lower gap between the cylinders below the master)
check google if you don't believe me
that was for rotary engines,radials used many different ways to lube the lower cylinders.but castor oil is still used in motor oil today
cartmanrlsusall Back about 1970 Gulf sponsored a Ford GT at Sebring. The oil cans said Single G but the sweet aroma of the burning oil said castor oil.
+Mark Watrous: Yes, radial engines use a dry-sump oil system since there is no place to put an oil pan. An internal oil pump would scavenge the oil from the crankcase & send it back to an external oil tank. Then a tank-mounted oil pump would pump oil through a filter, then a cooler, then back to the engine where the other side of the engine oil pump would send preszurized oil through the oil channels. The cycle would then repeat itself again, over and over and over, and so on, ad nauseum.
I just saw over 400 thumbs down. They must either hate VW or are jealous if amazing machining talent. In the person that made this has a whole lot of talent!
SIR , YOU ARE A MASTER MACHINIST....NOT ONLY DOES THAT ENGINE LOOK SWEET , ITS SOUND IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL...JOB WELL DONE...!
Seems like a lot of work just to give your bushes a breeze
I agree... I'm thinking it needs to go into an airplane.
Three people don't understand how engines even work.
Make that 4 :(
These days I expect most people don't. How did they use to describe the operation of a 4 cycle engine... "suck, squeeze, bang, blow"?
Jeff DeWitt Actually thats how an old school aviator describes a jet engine,
Suck, Squeeze, Blow and Go.
It's a basic description of how a four cycle engine works, been around for a long time!
Sounds like a one night stand.
Do you sell the plans for this engine?
+12thpanzer
I am very sorry... no plans available..
+WillieStroker? NoButiWillLetYourMom I think you would have to mount it on a full scale then
You made it look easy - which is the highest complement!
Oh my heart hurts. Every time the camera would appear to get close to the propeller, my heart would stop. Nice engine work.
Beautiful craftsmanship and engineering. Are you going to install it in an aircraft?
Tell me, do you have plans of using this engine in an aircraft? If so, what type of aircraft in the plans?
no... he says further up he just wanted to build an engine... :) fair enough I guess.
Ian Harvie
Thanks,
I didn't read up in that area.
I would NEVER ride in an aircraft with VW engine in it EVER!!
Joyce Green And what makes you think you haven't already?
Because I have NEVER been in an airplane,, one time in a bubble helicopter ride over Dollywood in Gatlinburg, TN in 1991. thats it..lol
The oiling system on a radial engine has always baffled me
I see what you did there :)
What an incredible workmanship
Into such a complex beautiful artifact; you’re a great engineer my respects.
I just came across this clip. All I can say is brovo, amazing, job well done!!!!
Thank you, sir!
How much power does it produce?
About 10-15hp
+Stuntman Mike Really? that small? 7 cylinders engine only produce 15HP?
Netto Nenet yeah but it has 30nm torque
+Stuntman Mike 15hp? that can't be right. The 4cyl engine that donated the parts is good for 60 - 80 hp.
Regardless, excellent machine work and I look forward to seeing it mated to an airframe.
+Stuntman Mike
30 nm - is that 30 nanometers of torque? Haha, just kidding. ;-)
If the original bore and stroke are used and the original 4-cyl configuration put out 80 hp, then this 7-cyl configuration puts out 80 hp/4 cyl = 20 hp / cyl x 7 cyl = 140 hp...
october 2019
As a metal parts manufacturing technician, my congratulations for your work on this star engine, I think you have to have a great experience in this area. regards
Even with 7 cylinders it still sounds like a Vee Dub! Awesome work matey. :)
I had the same impression indeed.
So 196 haters. I couldn't build something like that but I sure can appreciate it. Great job on the build. And thanks for sharing.
What an absolute work of art ,phenomenal. Quality beyond ,from another world man . Thank you.
Jeez, there are some clever people in this world! Wish I was one of them. How could anyone dislike this???
Simply just and perfect. And 7 cylinders, still more perfect.
Arnold you are de man!!!!! That's an awesome display of talent. It would be cool to see someone build a plane for your engine and see it fly. Keep up the great work.
What do I love about art? It's completely unnecessary and time consuming, and yet it is something entirely worth living for! There's a magic to it. And this is no doubt a work of art.
Your neighbors must love you.
What a great piece of perfect work!!! I love the sound of the old "boxer-engines". And now as an radial one. Has anyone ever tried that wonderful engine in an aeroplane?
Homemade engines are awesome. I daydream of being let loose with CNC machines and 3-D printers to build my idea of the perfect V-8.
If you're still at all paying attention to this, I'd love to see what you did for the cam arrangement.
A transformation of vintage design and old style mechanics into a beautiful masterpiece. 👍
Arnold, what an amazing project! Very well done.
I was astonished when it started to hear how much it sounded like a Volkswagen, AMAZING!!!!
Pretty cool. Amazing what one can do with imagination, skill & access to expensive machinery
How can you not like this!!!???? It's Brilliant!! And the man's an engineering Magician!!!!!!!
Back of my Jon boat would be a nice place for this beauty.
You got skills!
Cool, and thanks for showing it being machined/made. Oh, and exposed valve springs WELL cool.