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The V8 Aero Engine - Eric Whittle
The V8 Aero Engine
Ref: V8
This elegant V8 won ME Magazine's coveted Gold Medal at the 1995 Olympia Exhibition. A truly magnificent project yielding a 10.6cc 4 stoke glow plug engine that is guaranteed to turn heads wherever it is displayed or flown!
Recreating an aero-engine layout that was popular in the 1920's, Eric Whittle's masterpiece closely resembles the Airdisco (Air Disposal Co.) 120 and 200 hp units used by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland in the DH51.
The engine will swing a Ø12" x 6" propeller at 7,000 rpm yet idles smoothly at 2,500rpm. The engine is just 4½" long with an overall weight of 15oz! With a 90º V8 layout using overhead valves actuated by push rods, the engine's bore x stroke = Ø0.460 x ½". Mr. Whittle states that this is a straightforward engine to build, requiring no special skills or equipment. What is required however is patience! The award winning engine took 6 months to complete and contains a total of 550 components. Fancy a challenge?
V8 Aero Engine - Drawings & Construction Notes
Ref: HE 2204
A couple of A0-size drawings together with 39 pages of Eric Whittle's original build notes on this fabulous engine.
Price:
£30.00
The V8 Aero Engine - Material Kit
Ref: HE 2200
The V8 Aero Engine is made entirely from bar stock. This kit provides the majority of material required to complete the build. Customers will still have to source additional material including glow plugs and fasteners (8, 10 & 12BA). Plans and construction notes can be ordered above.
The bill of material includes 15 different sections of high tensile, stainless and silver steel, iron, aluminium and Dural together with the 3 specified ball races, cut blanks for the pair of timing gears and the 16 valve springs.
Price:
£114.50
