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Old 12-27-2011, 12:16 AM
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I wish I had a link to share right now, but I don't... Anyway, a few years back I did some research into exactly how the Flyer's engine was built. Amazing stuff. It was mostly iron, not steel. The only real metal working tool used was a drill press. They decided on a four cylinder engine because that would mean a flat crankshaft, so the crankshaft could be chain-drilled out a single sheet of iron.
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Old 12-27-2011, 12:58 AM
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well done man! Keep up the good work and keep us updated! Nothing better than some healthy glue sniffing in this time of the year
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Old 12-27-2011, 01:12 AM
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well done man! Keep up the good work and keep us updated! Nothing better than some healthy glue sniffing in this time of the year
lol, yeah its given me a headace.. I am going to for a cigarette, if I don't post an update tomorrow its because the spark from the lighter caused the fumes to catch fire
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Old 12-27-2011, 01:31 AM
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I wish I had a link to share right now, but I don't... Anyway, a few years back I did some research into exactly how the Flyer's engine was built. Amazing stuff. It was mostly iron, not steel. The only real metal working tool used was a drill press. They decided on a four cylinder engine because that would mean a flat crankshaft, so the crankshaft could be chain-drilled out a single sheet of iron.
Did it say what mechanism they used to cont-rotate the second prop as I am still looking for some data on it?
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Old 12-27-2011, 04:12 AM
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The left chain (when viewed from the rear) gets flipped halfway around.

See how the tubes that the chain goes through cross:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/Adven...es/Cockpit.JPG
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The left chain (when viewed from the rear) gets flipped halfway around.

See how the tubes that the chain goes through cross:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/Adven...es/Cockpit.JPG

Yup. With a chain of that length crossing it in a figure of 8 pattern would be easy.
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Old 12-27-2011, 03:02 PM
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LOL I was expecting some sort of complex mechanism , thanks for that BMCha.
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Okay quick update.. I have been busy with other stuff and I have only being cleaning up what i already have done and added the string trailing edge which was a complete ????? to do.

Tomorrow I plan on getting the tissue/skin on the lower wing.
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Old 12-28-2011, 11:25 PM
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That's awesome Krupi!

Keep us updated with pics of your progress..
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Old 12-27-2011, 11:15 AM
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I wish I had a link to share right now, but I don't... Anyway, a few years back I did some research into exactly how the Flyer's engine was built. Amazing stuff. It was mostly iron, not steel. The only real metal working tool used was a drill press. They decided on a four cylinder engine because that would mean a flat crankshaft, so the crankshaft could be chain-drilled out a single sheet of iron.
I've seen an original engine of the Wright's brother, the no. 2 I believe, in the Italian museum of Vigna di Valle. An Italian customer bought in 1909 a Wright's plane built in France, the number 4. With it, Orville Wright did the first Italian flight close to Rome, in front of an enormous crowd who went crazy, and trained the first Italian pilot, Mario Calderara, who got the pilot's license no. 1.

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