World's smallest v12

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 30 Nov 2011, 8:35 pm

#875084

Hey all
this is very cool!
but wanted to know if it's for real
the only thing i can see thats wrong is lube and spark
cheers
http://wimp.com/tiniestengine/

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 1 Dec 2011, 6:12 pm

#875228

bloody efn brilliant. 😊

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LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 1 Dec 2011, 7:13 pm

#875241

Still not as good as the guy that built the miniature Ferrari on top gear.

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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 1 Dec 2011, 9:52 pm

#875282

Cool, but isn't full scale 1:1, thats not "full" scale, dosn't take away from the brilliance though, in fact enhances it in my view. 👍

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 1 Dec 2011, 10:15 pm

#875289

When I saw that the cam gears were 1:1 I knew it couldn't be a real engine, then I saw it was one of those air engine that run on compressed air.

I believe this is the smallest internal combustion v12 engine.
I seen this one a few years back

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 1 Dec 2011, 10:38 pm

#875290

1:1 cam. Maybe it runs two stroke? Like a model airplane engine, using compression ignition like a diesel. I remember an engine in a model plane my brother had that ran on something like methanol, and it had no ignition or lube. You just wound the prop backwards on a spring, and it unwound and started and ran on compression ignition. It did have a glow plug thing you pre heated with a 9V battery.

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Ben386 Officially Full-On Dubber

244 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 1 Dec 2011, 10:53 pm

#875291

Thanks for sharing these.
They are all amazing.

reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 1 Dec 2011, 11:04 pm

#875292

Ok.. so when is Dave Butler going to build a scale pauter engine??

Reub

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 2 Dec 2011, 6:29 am

#875307

vlad01 wrote:When I saw that the cam gears were 1:1 I knew it couldn't be a real engine, then I saw it was one of those air engine that run on compressed air.

ahhh so it runs on compressed air that make sense

helbus wrote:1:1 cam. Maybe it runs two stroke? Like a model airplane engine, using compression ignition like a diesel. I remember an engine in a model plane my brother had that ran on something like methanol, and it had no ignition or lube. You just wound the prop backwards on a spring, and it unwound and started and ran on compression ignition. It did have a glow plug thing you pre heated with a 9V battery.

i dont see it blowing any smoke

reub wrote:Ok.. so when is Dave Butler going to build a scale pauter engine??

hahaha when he retires ?

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 2 Dec 2011, 8:40 am

#875316

helbus wrote:1:1 cam. Maybe it runs two stroke? Like a model airplane engine, using compression ignition like a diesel. I remember an engine in a model plane my brother had that ran on something like methanol, and it had no ignition or lube. You just wound the prop backwards on a spring, and it unwound and started and ran on compression ignition. It did have a glow plug thing you pre heated with a 9V battery.

Nope, its an air engine. these are very common for very small scale model engines. Simply for display.

its like a compressor in reverse.

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