A place where restoration project-type threads can go to avoid falling off the main page in the WIX hangar. Feel free to start threads on Restoration projects and/or warbird maintenance here. Named in memoriam for Gary Austin, a good friend of the site and known as RetroAviation here. He will be sorely missed.
Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:35 am
Here's a short video of the new build Gnome Rotary engine that will be commercially available from New Zealand. Engine #1 is in final assembly, and we have a deposit on engine #2 for our Sopwith Camel replica. The video shows valve and cam timing actuation - for a 100 year old design, it is quite mechanically elegant and simple.
So very cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvHrbkYEn0k
Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:13 pm
It's ALIVE!
This is Engine #1 which will be going on an Australian Eindecker. We are in line for engine #2 for our full size Sopwith Camel. The Gnome 9B-2 was original equipment on some Camels, so we have an expected performance level.
This is just so cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB80M6oA ... AK6ehOIYEQ
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