Interesting stuff, engine wise, from Achates.

[difflock]

5 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

Bit of a tangent, but I came across a good YouTube channel a while back called Mr hewes. They restore tanks and the occasional old bit of plant. not really my area of interest but the banter had me coming back for new videos, well funny at times with that "top gear" style of humour.

Worth a watch if any of you haven't seen them already.

I took found this channel, and was gobsmacked at both his can-do gotta be fixable attitude, his downright stupendous level of knowledge and application. Never mind the endless, " I remember we just happened to have a few spares" like the odd Meteor tank V12 engine, endless black box control units, suitable for a Cromwell tank, etc etc.

He must have really went to town when the army had a clear out of new old stock.

[difflock]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I posted this before a strimmer with a rotarty engine. Selling them in japan

 

 

 

Gonna be used on flying cars apparently! 🙂

 

https://www.kaaz.co.jp/en/Spec/VT740(W)KZ-CK1.pdf

 

purple monster

 

 

Rotary valve, but otherwise a conventional 4 stroke piston engine.

[GarethM]

8 minutes ago, difflock said:

Rotary valve, but otherwise a conventional 4 stroke piston engine.

So it's just more complexity for a simple engine and more things to go wrong. 

 

Yey for more Chinesium in the scrap pile.