making a replica engine..
01-30-2007 | 09:21 PM
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making a replica engine..
would it be a good idea to learn how the engine is made buy taking an already made .91 and tear it apart to copy each individual part and use different types of hard to medium wood to make a replica? i want to learn how to turn an engine, my dad has a wood lathe and i thought it would be cool to copy all those moving parts and make it into an exact counterpart. i would first learn what each part is for write it down on a note pad measure the part. what is the first part that the engine manufactureres start with? would it be the crankcase as it holds all the main moving parts? then the piston and so on? any tips would be great. i might buy a book on how to design and build your very own engine all from blocks of metal. thanks
01-31-2007 | 12:50 AM
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RE: making a replica engine..
Go to this link http://www.modelenginenews.org/ how to make own model engine. 
If you think to make the engine of wood, they will be displayed for exhibition..
Jens Eirik
If you think to make the engine of wood, they will be displayed for exhibition..
Jens Eirik
02-01-2007 | 09:51 PM
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RE: making a replica engine..
well see what i can do but i might paintit instead or do two im looking at the manual that the 91 magnum has and tying to see what types of wood needs to be so the parts can move freely. it may take me awhile.
02-05-2007 | 08:26 PM
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RE: making a replica engine..
yea right like im going to spend all those hrs doing that... on the other hand im wondering if i started to make the piston and try to run it up the cylender wall im curious if it would just get jammed due to friction and possibly break since its out of wood.
02-05-2007 | 09:18 PM
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Just make it where it don't do that.
You will learn a lot from your project. It is doable. A friend, a control line flier, made a wooden Fox 35 for his control line flier dad. I've only seen it in a video, but it looks neat. Be interested in pictures of your engine, in progress and competed.
You will learn a lot from your project. It is doable. A friend, a control line flier, made a wooden Fox 35 for his control line flier dad. I've only seen it in a video, but it looks neat. Be interested in pictures of your engine, in progress and competed.
02-06-2007 | 11:25 AM
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It didn't run but it would turn over. Have you ever seen one of the plastic model engine kits which builds up a plastic replica with some clear plastic so you can see the parts move when you turn the crank? Similar to what you want to do except you are going to make it a thing of beauty out of wood rather than plastic.
02-06-2007 | 06:53 PM
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Sport pilot I am not trying to offend you but I do disagree , I assume this is a teen ager who wants to learn amd looking for mentor advice and a lot of folks were will make suggestions wood and metal shop is now dead in schools this is a learning project and prehaps one day he will get some metal working tools and if not making a whole engine
maybe afew parts at least he is thinking about other things except the X box games in front of the TV These are the type of kids that are willing to learn some other skills and yes
looking for advice friom the folks in it for years this is the next generation modeler and learn some skills rather than out of the box , plug and fly in 20 minutes martn
and of course he should check the woodworking forums also
maybe afew parts at least he is thinking about other things except the X box games in front of the TV These are the type of kids that are willing to learn some other skills and yes
looking for advice friom the folks in it for years this is the next generation modeler and learn some skills rather than out of the box , plug and fly in 20 minutes martn
and of course he should check the woodworking forums also
02-06-2007 | 10:01 PM
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RE: making a replica engine..
well in order to learn how the engine works exactly i need to make a .25 or .61 two stroke wooden engine i think i would be more sucessful in doing those engines due to less moving parts. wonder if that's how o.s and others learned before releasing their four strokers when they first came out.
02-07-2007 | 09:28 AM
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ORIGINAL: dieseldan
Sport pilot I am not trying to offend you but I do disagree , I assume this is a teen ager who wants to learn amd looking for mentor advice and a lot of folks were will make suggestions wood and metal shop is now dead in schools this is a learning project and prehaps one day he will get some metal working tools and if not making a whole engine
maybe afew parts at least he is thinking about other things except the X box games in front of the TV These are the type of kids that are willing to learn some other skills and yes
looking for advice friom the folks in it for years this is the next generation modeler and learn some skills rather than out of the box , plug and fly in 20 minutes martn
and of course he should check the woodworking forums also
Sport pilot I am not trying to offend you but I do disagree , I assume this is a teen ager who wants to learn amd looking for mentor advice and a lot of folks were will make suggestions wood and metal shop is now dead in schools this is a learning project and prehaps one day he will get some metal working tools and if not making a whole engine
maybe afew parts at least he is thinking about other things except the X box games in front of the TV These are the type of kids that are willing to learn some other skills and yes
looking for advice friom the folks in it for years this is the next generation modeler and learn some skills rather than out of the box , plug and fly in 20 minutes martn
and of course he should check the woodworking forums also
Don't know what a pun is? A type of joke.
02-09-2007 | 11:21 AM
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RE: making a replica engine..
what you should do is just use a dry lubricant like graphite powder for the engine, that will keep it dry and keep friction down!! I think that it's a great idea and would love to see how it turns out!! If you do this well, you could easily step-up with a metal lathe and bore off-the-shelf engines and customize them for high-performance. After that, making your own engine from scratch wouldn't be too far of a stretch. Congratulations on your perseverance and, really, the BALLS to do something like this. It'll be a lot of work, and I know i couldn't do it!!
02-09-2007 | 11:53 AM
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well im thinking now i must start tearing down the .61 super tigre engine since im not using it anyways. measure out each part and categorize them into organized steps. then the next thing is to figure out what types of wood to use, i really like the idea of using graphite that makes since to me. i need to have my dad help me out with the wood lathe on how to set it up right. but in a week he's going to be gone for like 14 days or less. so this project might be on hold. all i have done for now was look at the magnum .91 engine manual and realized i should start out something a little more simple but i dont have a manual to the super tigre engine anyone know of a website i can refer too?
