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| Thread ID: 92093 | 2008-07-28 21:33:00 | Is this from around here? | R2x1 (4628) | PC World Chat |
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| 693148 | 2008-07-28 21:33:00 | Strangely enough, only one name comes to mind to fit this (www.imagef1.net.nz) machine. It probably sounds good, but kicking it into life on a frosty morning may be "character building". |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 693149 | 2008-07-28 21:44:00 | Not as character building as getting your jeans caught in the drive belt :) | PaulD (232) | ||
| 693150 | 2008-07-28 22:03:00 | A METLA SPECIAL comes to mind PJ:cool: | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 693151 | 2008-07-28 22:12:00 | Not as character building as getting your jeans caught in the drive belt :) Would that be followed by unbundling? BTW, the other side would have 14 spark plug leads - exciting chances there too! |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 693152 | 2008-07-28 23:07:00 | How the hell does the rider see where he's (?) going? | johcar (6283) | ||
| 693153 | 2008-07-28 23:20:00 | Well, if this (www.youtube.com) is the same one, the left leg is under threat from the belt, and the right leg is poised beside a barbecue. Trousers are under threat from all sides.:ban |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 693154 | 2008-07-28 23:38:00 | A METLA SPECIAL comes to mind PJ:cool: :punk R2x1's radial engine chopper has Metla's name written all over it. :punk |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693155 | 2008-07-29 03:09:00 | Steve's the only one to spot that it's a radial engine. The belt is the least of the rider's possible problems. The whole engine rotates, so all those cylinders are spinning. The crankshaft (on the other side) is fixed to the frame. Tiurning corners might be "interesting" ... the gyroscopic effect would be vicious. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 693156 | 2008-07-29 03:21:00 | Steve's the only one to spot that it's a radial engine. The belt is the least of the rider's possible problems. The whole engine rotates, so all those cylinders are spinning. The crankshaft (on the other side) is fixed to the frame. Tiurning corners might be "interesting" ... the gyroscopic effect would be vicious. radial and rotary engines are not the same thing. A rotary engine, as in the WW1 engines driving the Sopwith Camel, and Pup, had the engine and prop rotating around a fixed shaft. A radial engine, as seen in the plane in the background, uses the radial layout of the cylinders to provide efficient air cooling, thus saving weight compared to inline engines, but at the expense of streamlining - but the engine is not rotating like a rotary. Rotary engines in aircraft had had their day by the end of WW1. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 693157 | 2008-07-29 05:08:00 | Re that bike! Check out - www.jrlcycles.com/ Fantastic machinery, if you are interested in bikes. |
BobM (1138) | ||
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