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#2896825 - 11/08/09 03:22 AM A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs!
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#2896853 - 11/08/09 06:05 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: womenfly2]
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Wow! That's impressive,although at first I wasn't sure it looked all that safe!
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#2896855 - 11/08/09 06:31 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: Chucky]
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That's some hairdryer!

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#2896857 - 11/08/09 06:37 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: Squid_Von_Torgar]
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Lets say that an accident might have resulted in cut clothing costs screwy
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#2896927 - 11/08/09 08:25 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: JG301_HaJa]
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That is scary,,I have used more sturdy stands to test my model plane engines.
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#2896955 - 11/08/09 09:16 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: Warbirds]
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Pretty cool, but it did have the potential of becoming the "world's largest lawnmower" video! eek
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#2896966 - 11/08/09 09:39 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: Jimko]
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Is that blipping that you are doing?
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#2896979 - 11/08/09 10:04 AM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: exhausted]
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Very pertinent question at the end...

"I wonder how long these things lasted before rebuild?"

They cannot have had a long service life, considering the poor lubricants in use at the time and the operational profile, I.E. going full chat at cold start up. Has to play hell on rings and cylinder walls.
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#2897036 - 11/08/09 12:04 PM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: ElAurens]
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Wow, that Gnome is fairly small. Hence the name I guess!
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#2897311 - 11/08/09 11:11 PM Re: A newly built 1918 Gnome engine runs! [Re: ElAurens]
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Originally Posted By: ElAurens
Very pertinent question at the end...

"I wonder how long these things lasted before rebuild?"

They cannot have had a long service life, considering the poor lubricants in use at the time and the operational profile, I.E. going full chat at cold start up. Has to play hell on rings and cylinder walls.


Actually castor oil is a really good lubricant.

I imagine that tbo is pretty short on those old engines still.
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