Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
abit off center
 
cgarr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: At the Airport Kentwood, MI
Posts: 7,311
Garage
Send a message via Yahoo to cgarr
Thinking of building a DH2?

What do ya think? Been flying my SE5a for 20 years now, time to build something new and exciting. This would be so much fun!! that would be full size...


__________________
______________________
Craig
G2Performance
Twinplug, head work, case savers, rockers arms, etc.
Old 07-24-2009, 06:06 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: uh.. let me check the hotel key
Posts: 1,311
Send a message via AIM to air-cool-me
__________________
SWB
Old 07-24-2009, 06:49 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
A Man of Wealth and Taste
 
tabs's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
SOB I am impressed...an SE5 wow...

I would think a Forker Tri-plane...or DVII
__________________
Copyright

"Some Observer"
Old 07-24-2009, 07:13 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
B58/732
 
BlueSkyJaunte's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Hot as Hell, AZ
Posts: 12,313
DRI or a DVIII? Fokk that.....

SPAD XIII baby.
__________________
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
I don't always talk to vegetarians--but when I do, it's with a mouthful of bacon.
Old 07-24-2009, 07:19 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
Zef Zef is offline
THE IRONMAN
 
Zef's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Montreal
Posts: 3,642
Garage
Go ahead....and please post progress pics....!
__________________
1984 911 CARRERA RUBY RED TARGA
SW CHIPPED-BURSCH CATBYPASS
MONTY FREE FLOW EXHAUST

<IN GAS WE TRUST>
Old 07-25-2009, 03:23 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #5 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: So. Cal.
Posts: 11,249
I am sure this is stating the obvious, but it must have been so much quieter and so much cooler not to have that old motor right in front of you. Can you imagine how much oil those very old radials must have leaked?
__________________
David

1972 911T/S MFI Survivor
Old 07-25-2009, 06:14 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #6 (permalink)
 
Registered
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: 9K8
Posts: 220
Garage
Don't know about available hangar space, but how about a Caproni Ca. 4? Full size.
__________________
Tom
'71 911 T Targa (Sold )
Old 07-25-2009, 08:07 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)
abit off center
 
cgarr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: At the Airport Kentwood, MI
Posts: 7,311
Garage
Send a message via Yahoo to cgarr
Quote:
Originally Posted by tswaney View Post
Don't know about available hangar space, but how about a Caproni Ca. 4? Full size.

Now that would be fun! I actually have thought about a Gotha bomber, I don't think there is enough spruce in the north west to even build something like this?

The DH2 looks to be a great gun platform..

__________________
______________________
Craig
G2Performance
Twinplug, head work, case savers, rockers arms, etc.
Old 07-25-2009, 08:20 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #8 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: So. Cal.
Posts: 11,249
I somehow came to believe you were a pilot. Will the the one you build be full size or RC.
__________________
David

1972 911T/S MFI Survivor
Old 07-25-2009, 10:00 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)
abit off center
 
cgarr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: At the Airport Kentwood, MI
Posts: 7,311
Garage
Send a message via Yahoo to cgarr
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAEpperson View Post
I somehow came to believe you were a pilot. Will the the one you build be full size or RC.
It will be full size, I just put up that clip to show the gotha, If I build it, I'm flying it!
__________________
______________________
Craig
G2Performance
Twinplug, head work, case savers, rockers arms, etc.
Old 07-25-2009, 10:37 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #10 (permalink)
B58/732
 
BlueSkyJaunte's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Hot as Hell, AZ
Posts: 12,313
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAEpperson View Post
Can you imagine how much oil those very old radials must have leaked?
Yep, every few hours just top off the gas and fill it up with oil.
__________________
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
I don't always talk to vegetarians--but when I do, it's with a mouthful of bacon.
Old 07-25-2009, 01:51 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)
Southern Class & Sass
 
Dixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bradenton, FL
Posts: 4,055
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAEpperson
Can you imagine how much oil those very old radials must have leaked?
WWI engines were rotary engines. Radials came later on. The early rotaries didn't leak oil. They burned it. Oil was a consumable. That's why they wore scarves. Too mitigate the ingestion of the castor oil.

You can find more info here.
__________________
Dixie
Bradenton, FL
2013 Camaro ZL1
Old 07-26-2009, 10:09 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #12 (permalink)
 
Registered
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: So. Cal.
Posts: 11,249
Rotaries - like a Wankle?

I seem to remember an old radial where, IIRC, the motor (or was it the heads) actually turned with the prop. Is that what you mean?

BTW-sorry for the stupid questions - I'm a pilot wannabe.
__________________
David

1972 911T/S MFI Survivor
Old 07-27-2009, 07:55 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #13 (permalink)
Registered
 
MFAFF's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: London
Posts: 1,831
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAEpperson View Post
Rotaries - like a Wankle?

I seem to remember an old radial where, IIRC, the motor (or was it the heads) actually turned with the prop. Is that what you mean?

BTW-sorry for the stupid questions - I'm a pilot wannabe.
Yup.. rotary.. motor is fixed to the prop.. crankshaft to the bulkhead...
Interesting to see in action and to maintain.
__________________
Share with me. Teach me something I didn't know. Make me think. But don't make me a bit player in your passion play of egotism. Dueller. 13/03/09
Old 07-27-2009, 08:44 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #14 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 8,673
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAEpperson View Post

I seem to remember an old radial where, IIRC, the motor (or was it the heads) actually turned with the prop. Is that what you mean?
Like that, not a Wankle.

The prop was bolted to the engine 'block' and the crankshaft was bolted to the airframe.

The whole engine turned around the crank.

The rotary was the solution to the cooling problems that the early radials had. The cylinders spinning around with the prop helped cool them.

The lubrication system was just shooting castor oil into the cylinders which was burned with the gasoline.

Radials had been around before Rotaries.

Another interesting thing about the rotaries was there was no throttle. Either full power or no power.
So you moderated the speed by turning the engine off and on, sometimes many times a minute.

Water cooled inline and V8 engines were the most used engines.


Last edited by tcar; 07-27-2009 at 09:00 AM..
Old 07-27-2009, 08:54 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #15 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:57 PM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.