Stearman build

I thought perhaps Pop Bang Chuggga-Chugga would be more realistic Kevin. The photo shows the 3d printed engine wrapped around a brushless motor (UGH!).I wondered if you could use the front part of the 3D "engine", just to hide the noisy, hot oily lovely lump that drives the prop.

Sorry Brian, i totally misunderstood your post. If your saying you could 3D print dummy cylinders i would be very interested. Here's a pic of a scale build from the RCSB builders forum. The model is virtually the same size as mine but this "kit" version is well oversize.
Most PT-17's were made with 9 cylinder Continental, some with a 7cylinder Jacobs (which most models copy for simplicity.

I'm fitting a 3 cylinders Saito so its unrealistic to blend scale dummy cylinders to the original formats, So will have to cheat a bit and go for 6. My plan therefore get 3 x 3-D printed copies of the Saito and mount in between each cylinder. That will fill an empty space and with some careful plan to the rear of the dummy cylinders i hope to improve air flow & cooling

So if thats something you could help me with i would be very interested but i am a few months away at the moment.

The 3D printed engine I have is the Continental R-670 as used in the Boeing Stearman PT-17. Just for fun, I've printed the bell housing to see what it looks like, to be honest I'm impressed by the detail. There's a ring of hex headed bolts, the only thing missing is the lockwire on the bolt heads. Spooky!

Brian wrote: I've printed the bell housing to see what it looks like, to be honest I'm impressed by the detail. There's a ring of hex headed bolts, the only thing missing is the lockwire on the bolt heads. Spooky!

That's awful, :ohmy: no locking wire. They will come loose guaranteed. :lol:

Phil Ford wrote:

Brian wrote: I've printed the bell housing to see what it looks like, to be honest I'm impressed by the detail. There's a ring of hex headed bolts, the only thing missing is the lockwire on the bolt heads. Spooky!

That's awful, :ohmy: no locking wire. They will come loose guaranteed. :lol:

I agree this is the standard we expect.

Yeah, but that's a real one ennit.