Terence McCann Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 [utube] " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allseason Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 That is a lotta spare time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Somebody needs to give that guy a gunny sack party. Those Merlin engines are super rare and sought after by WWII aircraft restorers. What a friggin waste! ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I'd be more inclined to install a turbine, a steam engine or something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I'd be more inclined to install a turbine, a steam engine or something like this. For the skip readers, it's a German motorbike powered by 24 chainsaw motors. That's 24 pullcords to pull to get 'er running. The tech team gets it started, but by then, the driver seems to have vanished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I'd be more inclined to install a turbine, a steam engine or something like this. For the skip readers, it's a German motorbike powered by 24 chainsaw motors. That's 24 pullcords to pull to get 'er running. The tech team gets it started, but by then, the driver seems to have vanished. Yeah, I dunno, I'm having trouble envisioning a drive train for that. I suspect it might just be 24 chainsaws mounted on a frame with no drivetrain; that's why we never see anyone climb onto it and drive it down the street. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Just leave the centrifugal clutches on and open the throttle when you want to go. No tranny. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Just leave the centrifugal clutches on and open the throttle when you want to go. No tranny. Marc Yeah, I understood that; I'm sure most of us built at least one minibike using an old washing machine clutch when we were kids, but something like this would need a serpentine that is so long that you'd need half a dozen idlers and tensioners. Just doesn't seem practical to me. I'm not going to believe it until I actually see a video of someone riding it. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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