Enthusiast model radial engine produced from wood and plastic

If you like the engines, but you like to work with wood - all in your hands. Enthusiast Ian Jimmerson [Ian Jimmerson] decided to combine my hobby and model radial engine produced in full size. Almost all parts of the engine are made of wood, the cylinders for clarity made of transparent plastic.




In the production of the model in the enthusiast it took two years, as he himself says, the work "at night and on weekends." At the 9-minute video Jimmerson recounts the principles and scheme of 9-piston radial engine.

Jimmerson inspired the creation of the model were lying idle tube of transparent plastic. He suddenly decided to combine his love for engines with a passion to work with wood. Grasp the implementation of the radial engine rather complex scheme it is also prompted his long-standing fascination with this type of engine.

Ian soon found that although the Internet you can find a lot of different animations dedicated radial engines, it is practically impossible to find a detailed explanation of how they work. Once he figured out in detail in everything he wanted to do a video in which he would tell all those interested in this engine.



Ian explains that radial engines with one row of cylinders are always made with the odd number of them, because of the principle of operation of the ignition. However, there are versions with a few rows of cylinders, the number of which can be up to 14, 18 or even 28 - this was a huge engine Pratt & amp; Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, created during the Second World War. It was the largest engine produced in the US series.