ORIGINAL: ppkk
ORIGINAL: planebuilder66
One of the hobby shop owners has a engine test stand made from the 1980's, it's all aluminum, trussed and free standing about 14'' high, it even has a built in throttle bracket with a little T-handle and control rod. I'll have to call him and see who made it, but it was a manufactured engine test stand.
planebuilder: You may be referring to this stand
http://www.pspmfg.com/EngineTestStand.html
Kitbuilder: would you by any chance have a copy of the article electronically? Seems like an excellent idea. I've been wanting to break in a few engines in my backyard, but haven't done so as a courtesy to my neighbors. If the can works, that may have solved my problem. Does the can also catch the oil (or enough of it) so that it doesn't kill a strip of grass behind the test stand?
Does anyone have any more details regarding the above "muffler can"? Seems simple enough to make, the question is really regarding the parts that I cannot see. Specifically, are there any baffles inside the can, and is the exist exhaust just a hole on the back side?
Appreciate the comments.