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Title: Just a couple ...
Post by: tel on December 10, 2009, 08:03:31 AM

.. of recently completed engines.

First, the Ridley half-beam, built (more or less) to plans published in AME

(http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/6224/2045426810105506259S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2045426810105506259LBRKoO)

.. and the Double Diagonal, built from a single pic gleaned from the net.

(http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/14141/2722901670105506259S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2722901670105506259qsQrZD)

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: Bernd on December 10, 2009, 08:44:09 AM

Tel,

Interesting beam engine. Never seen a half-beam before. And I still marvel at that Double Diagonal. That was a nice built.

Bernd

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: dsquire on December 10, 2009, 11:20:04 AM

Tel

You have built a couple of real fine engines in these 2 examples. Building from a photograph makes it even harder and ensures that you understand exactly what happens and why. It is much different than building to a good plan. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing them with us. :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: sbwhart on December 10, 2009, 11:32:58 AM

Hi Tel

Visited Manchester (UK) Muisium of Science and Industery Yesterday with the sole purpose to take some pics of a grahopper engine.

(http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq32/sbwhart/Modmodder/100_3004.jpg)

It looks a lot like that half beam

They also had an imverted twin V like the other engine, sorry but I didn't take a pic of that.

Thanks
for showing

Stew

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: tel on December 10, 2009, 03:48:23 PM

Thanks blokes, it keeps me off the streets.

Stew, I suspect that the engine you mention is this (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1011559253027393816PiXaazpGvm) one, if so, that's the pic I built the engine from

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: sbwhart on December 10, 2009, 06:39:35 PM

Hi Tel

Yes thats the one  :thumbup:

Stew

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: Brass_Machine on December 12, 2009, 10:59:22 PM

I really like the 1st one.. the half beam (or grasshopper)

Very nice!

Eric

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: chuck foster on December 13, 2009, 11:09:02 AM

nice looking engine tel  :thumbup:
any chance of a video of them running ????

chuck  :wave:

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: tel on December 13, 2009, 02:00:29 PM

Thanks blokes.

Yes Chuck, there are some short bits of pretty primitive video here;

http://entertainment.webshots.com/video/3095373520105506259aTwtgw (http://entertainment.webshots.com/video/3095373520105506259aTwtgw)

and

http://entertainment.webshots.com/video/3040589960105506259BYtVcs (http://entertainment.webshots.com/video/3040589960105506259BYtVcs)

Title: Re: Just a couple ...
Post by: Brass_Machine on December 15, 2009, 07:41:30 PM

Tel,

Amazing you built the second one from just a picture. One day, I will get to that skill level.

Eric