World's smallest v12 · Aussieveedubbers

RISKY4LIFE · 30 Nov 2011, 8:35 pm

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 · 1 Dec 2011, 6:12 pm

bloody efn brilliant. 😊

LUFTMEISTER · 1 Dec 2011, 7:13 pm

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

donn · 1 Dec 2011, 9:52 pm

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. 👍

vlad01 · 1 Dec 2011, 10:15 pm

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

helbus · 1 Dec 2011, 10:38 pm

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.

Ben386 · 1 Dec 2011, 10:53 pm

Thanks for sharing these.
They are all amazing.

reub · 1 Dec 2011, 11:04 pm

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

RISKY4LIFE · 2 Dec 2011, 6:29 am

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 · 2 Dec 2011, 8:40 am

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.