Just recently I have purchased a new engine for maybe another bike project that I will do in the future or maybe later on for the bike I am building now.
I have done a lot of investigating into other options for an engine that would perform better than what I already have.
I came across an engine again used in the remote controlled plane industry whereby they got an engine from a Stihl leaf blower and converted it to work in their planes.
Recently I purchased a second hand leaf blower off ebay and thanks to Lorin and Walter Lindsay they took it apart for me and then sent it to a friend of ours that is coming to Kolkata shortly so I am very excited to get my hands on this engine and do some testing.
The engine uses a new concept called 4 mix. This means it is halfway between a 4 stroke and a 2 stroke.
This engine is two thirds of the size of my current engine and two thirds of its weight so that in itself is a benefit but then it has three times the horse power.
Although I have never heard of anyone trying to use it for what I am going to use it for I am confident that it has potential.
Its going to be fun fiddling around trying to get it to perform how I want it to.
Here is a photo of one of these engines mounted as a RC plane engine
This is what it looked like before Lorin and Walter took it apart
I have done a lot of investigating into other options for an engine that would perform better than what I already have.
I came across an engine again used in the remote controlled plane industry whereby they got an engine from a Stihl leaf blower and converted it to work in their planes.
Recently I purchased a second hand leaf blower off ebay and thanks to Lorin and Walter Lindsay they took it apart for me and then sent it to a friend of ours that is coming to Kolkata shortly so I am very excited to get my hands on this engine and do some testing.
The engine uses a new concept called 4 mix. This means it is halfway between a 4 stroke and a 2 stroke.
This engine is two thirds of the size of my current engine and two thirds of its weight so that in itself is a benefit but then it has three times the horse power.
Although I have never heard of anyone trying to use it for what I am going to use it for I am confident that it has potential.
Its going to be fun fiddling around trying to get it to perform how I want it to.
Here is a photo of one of these engines mounted as a RC plane engine
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