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Offline Griff

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Rotary engines
« on: February 08, 2019, 10:51:14 PM »


Just a query regarding rotary engines. Just watched the YouTube video of Kermit Weeks flying a Snipe which got me thinking is there just one cylinder at a time firing( power stroke ) or more?
Also looking at getting a resin kit and looking at 1/72 Chorosy kit but concerned that the resin wings will warp overtime. Any advice as to which one is a good kit to cut my teeth on would be welcome.
I’m a complete newbie to ww1 avaition.
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Offline Europapete

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Re: Rotary engines
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2019, 08:14:38 PM »
Hi Griff, all piston engines only have one cylinder firing at a time, although a second cylinder can fire as the previous one is still decending on its power stroke. I have resin models made years ago that have not warped. build with confidence. regards, Pete in RI
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Offline lavochkin

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Re: Rotary engines
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2019, 01:18:38 PM »
Hey Griff, just saw this, many months after you posted. If you are interested in rotary engines, the following link is to a manual for the 80hp LeRhone. It has a "principals of operation" section as well as a good description of how to tear down and reassemble a LeRhone, should you ever obtain a real one rather than a model.
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