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Careful, you could open up a can of worms with that one 8-[
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A wind-up engine. Now there's an idea...

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A motor of sorts

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Not actually sure what this was out of, looks more like a car engine than aeroplane but it was at east Midlands aeropark (a few years ago).
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myglaren wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 22:49 A motor of sorts

Well...that was rather impressive! im guessing she's working with limited tools too as one wouldn't normally use a hammer to install a bearing but she didn't hang around either, im guessing that was a 2 day job? .
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She says she gave up her high-paying job to do this sort of thing out in the country.

I was a bit concerned at her hammering bearings on but if that is what she has to do. I would at least have interposed a piece of wood but she seemed to manage.
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quintet wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 22:24 Not actually sure what this was out of, looks more like a car engine than aeroplane but it was at east Midlands aeropark (a few years ago).
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Looks like a Lycoming aero engine. They were twin spark plug boxer engines.
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I thought that layout looked reminiscent of a Subaru engine.
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quintet wrote: ↑10 Jun 2022, 17:09 I thought that layout looked reminiscent of a Subaru engine.
Certainly not like my Subaru engine!! :-D
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Subaru flat 12
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Whats that out of? (*Other than a Subaru)
mickthemaverick wrote: ↑10 Jun 2022, 17:19
quintet wrote: ↑10 Jun 2022, 17:09 I thought that layout looked reminiscent of a Subaru engine.
Certainly not like my Subaru engine!! :-D
I think of the boxer engine as being a "flat" layout, a bit like Porsche & vw air cooled stuff * but my knowledge of these is none existent.
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This is what mine looks like: :-D
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From the archives...first page of the thread the Ariel Square Four gets a mention.

One is up for sale at Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions on Thurdsday this week, a 1934 incarnation.
That is a Smethwick Registration plate in the traditional County of Staffordshire.

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Indeed, often used to get a lift to work on one.
But the better sounding one was his Panther, 600cc single :)
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