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Offline kendo57

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3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« on: February 01, 2019, 11:31:16 AM »
Bought the plans from Littlelocos and built from bar stock.




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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2019, 11:37:36 AM »
 8) That is rather nice. Have you had it running?

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2019, 11:40:53 AM »
What a lovely engine - love it, well done, you must be very proud....

Chris

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2019, 01:12:27 PM »
Excellent  :praise2: As Jo says how does it run?
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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2019, 01:23:31 PM »
Superb result 'kendo' - some excellent and careful machining there complimented by a very nicely produced display stand :ThumbsUp: If it runs as well as it looks then I guess you are well pleased with the outcome.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2019, 01:55:07 PM »
Very nice indeed.  I too love the stand you have it on!!

Bill

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2019, 02:41:26 PM »
That's a pretty little engine, very reminiscent of the Morton 5 cylinder radial engine from the 1940's, except with only the three cylinders.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2019, 02:55:02 PM »
It was always intended as a static display but I did run it a few times to show friends.

Here is a very brief run  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXc10mmGx8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXc10mmGx8</a>

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« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2019, 05:19:37 PM »
Unfortunately I can't see the video  :( Did you use the embed function? If it's a YouTube video just pasting the URL works.
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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2019, 06:27:04 PM »
It worked for me on phone, haven't tried on laptop yet.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2019, 07:06:04 PM »
Worked in phone and PC....nice engine!    Shes a Runah!
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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2019, 07:42:05 PM »
That runs well, makes me wish I had not given my set of drawings to someone else.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2019, 08:16:57 PM »
You may of noticed the carburettor is at 90 degrees , it should be at the bottom but it was
dripping fuel and there did not seem to be enough venturi  to draw the fuel up.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2019, 11:21:47 PM »
Nice work!

I was also going to ask about the carburetor.
One of my engine friends is currently building one of these; he is working on the rocker arms and has the majority of the engine machined.

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Re: 3 Cylinder 'PIP' engine
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2019, 12:06:40 AM »

Roger B, try this

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXc10mmGx8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjXc10mmGx8</a>
Thomas

 

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