who needs common sense anyway,
this is way too cool for sense to apply.
need one for Lake Lefroy so I can flip a bird @ Chook
stephen
Select to expand quotefingerbone said...
wont the propeller make the car go backwards?
Yes but if you put a left handed propellor, sorry, right handed, on it the engine would overheat. Hope it's fitted with a good reversing beeper.
Good observation, fingerbone! It's this, and the weight of the massive radial engine behind the rear axle - either photoshopped, or not designed to actually run.
Props are old tech anyway...
Select to expand quotefingerbone said..
wont the propeller make the car go backwards?
Nope, engine and airscrew rotate anti-clockwise, [when standing behind the VW]
Why should it overheat?
The cylinders are still getting airflow over them.[on the bonneville flats it should be rolling along at a good speed too.]
This engine has a ruddy great oil cooler as well- remember, it came out of a tank and not an aircraft.
The VW is yet to have its rollcage, safety gear, nitrous oxide and modified drivers seat fitted [needs more room for the drivers nuts]
It runs on propane too- so its kind of environmentally friendly.
The bloke that cobbled it together has 5 or 6 similar radial engines in the front yard of his home that he loves to fire up!
Thats what I call an effective way of beating the neighbours leaf blower.
I dont think he is married for some reason.......
I dont have the link- but if you google "radial engine VW" it will be top of the list.
stephen
Well the edge closest to camera on the propellor looks like a leading edge. So it should rotate clockwise when standing behind the VW. I suppose it would work clew first.
We once used a suck and blow Cessna to sample bushfire smoke. The rear engines were prone to overheating.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Skymaster
As and interesting aside I heard that only about 12% of engine heat is dealt with by the cooling system. Most of it goes out the exhaust pipe and the rest the oil system.
Hey the bugger is crazy, but there is something I like about him Gizmo!!!!Select to expand quotelandyacht said..
Righto chook , I got all the bits to build the bike!!!!!!!
Ha ha, yeh that would be right. It has 15 Lbs more thrust than mine too.
I can just see you going down Hannan's St for the Christmas parade Paul.
Nah sorry, I don't think "sn" is that quick on his feet. Might need a huge coily gas lead for him to keep up I think.
I loved his Jettle.
ikw777, I've missed something there???
. Nice combi though.
