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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes AW 11607 - Pfalz Dr.I Triplane | Parked | 13-Feb-17 11:51 |  | | Views : 752 | | HOW A RADIAL ENGINE WORKS Carpenter Ian Jimmerson has built a huge working model of a 9 cylinder Radial Engine, out of wood with clear plastic tubes on the cylinders, so you can see them go up and down, and carefully explains how all of the parts work together, and he turn the crankshaft slowly by hand so you can see everything moving. This guy should be ( maybe he already is) a teacher. Here is the video link http://fireaviation.com/2016/01/23/carpenter-builds-wood-model-of-9-cylinder-radial-engine/ Part 1 - 10 min video and Part 2 - 9 min video. Now I know how the Radial Engine works!! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 10-Feb-17 20:39 |  | | Views : 492 | | The wheel rim is ready for the spokes and the hub ... first a little "Dremelling" sanding to round out the edges. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 10-Feb-17 20:35 |  | | Views : 528 | | SUCCESS - it worked - "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" hold up the new perfectly drilled wheel rim in Victory, before beaming back to the future in their "captured Mig 17". |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 10-Feb-17 20:28 |  | | Views : 501 | | DRAFTSMAN DIAGRAM - I should have made this diagram at the start. This shows the correct hole locations, to "awl", open a bit with a 1/32" drill bit, then five more drilling operations, with a pin vise, all on each felloe hole to enlarge it to a 3/32" wheel rim hole. My fingers were getting pretty sore from all of that pin-vise drilling by hand! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 10-Feb-17 20:19 |  | | Views : 503 | | "Mandrake" and "Bloodroot" Cyborg Soldier Engineering Consultants beamed in from the future in their "captured Mig 17", to assess the situation and offer assistance and analysis. Their "CONCLUSION" -the drill bits did not "wander" or "walk" away from the "awl-made" starter location holes. The starter holes were made in the wrong locations. "RECOMMENDATION" - go "BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD" and draw it all out in full size and start all over again. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 10-Feb-17 20:12 |  | | Views : 513 | | 1 5/8" Wooden Spoke Wheel - another dismal FAILURE on the 4th attempt - I'm batting 2 for 4 now. The spoke "falloe" holes, drilled through the wheel rim, ended up coming out through the flat sided walls of the rim, instead of coming through the concave, curved, flat inside of the wheel rim. I tried to chalk it up to "walking" and "wandering" of the drill bits, of the five drill bit operations, of increasing drill bit size, to enlarge each hole to 3/32" diameter. But I knew I was wrong, and I sent a telepathic message for help. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:41 |  | | Views : 379 | | Actual Aerial Reconnaissance Camera used by the RFC. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:36 |  | | Views : 300 | | Armament was one Vickers .303" (7 mm) machine gun on lower left side of fuse, and a .303" (7 mm) Lewis machine gun for the Observer in the rear cockpit. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:28 |  | | Views : 347 | | The engine was 70 HP Air-cooled, 90 degree Renault V8 RAF 1a - 72 mph - , and a "scimitar" bladed 4 blade prop (this is a hand carved 2 piece 4 blade balsa prop), and a plate glass slate Camera for the Observer in the rear cockpit (left side of pic on fuse bottoom) - the plane's notorious stability actually helped in its artillery observation and aerial photography duties. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:13 |  | | Views : 341 | | Its "Nemesis" was the German Fokker EIII Eindecker, hence the term for the BE2e - "Fokker Fodder", and the German nickname - "Kaltes Fleisch" (Cold Meat). |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:08 |  | | Views : 367 | | The RFC (Royal Flying Corp) suffered mounting casualties, for want of a better replacement, and the BE2e was belatedly withdrawn from front line combat service in 1917. 3,500 BE2e a/c were built. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:02 |  | | Views : 318 | | It entered service in 1916 and remained in service long after it was obsolete, being outclassed by the German Albatross and Halberstadt Scouts. |
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