quorneng
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Flux? er...no! Not that I am aware of.
Quorneng is the name of the model engineering business my Dad set up in the 1970s when he retired from his full time job teaching engineering design.
It is an abbreviation of Quorn Engineering named after the village in Leicestershire UK where he lived.
I am nothing like the model engineer he was. Building planes was never his main interest (which is probably why I did it!) but he was pretty good at building model engines - like this 'one off' 5cc (0.3 cu in) petrol 4 stroke. It was built in 1964, some 12 years before OS released their first FS 60 (10cc) glow.
A performance engine it has a 'hemi' head with 45 degree inclined valves and a lightweight 'slipper' piston with two compression rings. It has a float carburettor.
All machined from solid stock with just a milling attachment on his small 3 1/2" Drummond lathe!
Built for an attempt on the endurance record for a 10lb plane unfortunately the FAI removed the weight limit shortly after it was completed so the plane was never built.
A 'proper' 4 stroke it runs on pump petrol and has a dry sump with pressure lubrication to the big end.
It still runs.
Flux? er...no! Not that I am aware of.
Quorneng is the name of the model engineering business my Dad set up in the 1970s when he retired from his full time job teaching engineering design.
It is an abbreviation of Quorn Engineering named after the village in Leicestershire UK where he lived.
I am nothing like the model engineer he was. Building planes was never his main interest (which is probably why I did it!) but he was pretty good at building model engines - like this 'one off' 5cc (0.3 cu in) petrol 4 stroke. It was built in 1964, some 12 years before OS released their first FS 60 (10cc) glow.
A performance engine it has a 'hemi' head with 45 degree inclined valves and a lightweight 'slipper' piston with two compression rings. It has a float carburettor.
All machined from solid stock with just a milling attachment on his small 3 1/2" Drummond lathe!
Built for an attempt on the endurance record for a 10lb plane unfortunately the FAI removed the weight limit shortly after it was completed so the plane was never built.
A 'proper' 4 stroke it runs on pump petrol and has a dry sump with pressure lubrication to the big end.
It still runs.
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