Any1 using a hit and miss engine 2 power transport?
 

I've seen these critters in action. They do stuff, and do it quite effectively. Using not too much fuel but lots of flywheel weight to get things done.

In a car? Just a thought.

Ideas?

Hit-and-miss engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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How about a motorcycle...??? :D

Look at my avatar...

Here it is a little bigger.

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Wow. Amazing.
 

This really work's?

Your my favorite redneck ever dude.

They are not that efficient nor environmentally friendly. :eek:

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Yes it runs. It is also licensed and registered. ;)

Almost anything that is interesting and or fun to be around, isn't... :)

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Dont get me wrong, its cool.

I got a 800 watt harbor freight generator. Its a 2 stroker. Guess what? Even if it goes 5 hours on a gallon of gas under light load it skips combustion cycles blowing raw fuel and air out the exhaust.

Its got a real neat sound for full load vs partial as it runs the same rpms because its a generator.

PS, Our dog got the cooking mistakes, old food, stuff we were sure if we should eat from the fridge. Many times this was fast food that was put up for a few days with lots of gravy, butter, fat, etc. Boy our dog loved that vs dog food. One day we had dresses some meat cutting off lbs of fat. He got that to eat and was jumping 4 ft in the air for joy. :D

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I put the bike together several years ago.

The frame was made from various OEM parts. Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and black iron pipe.

The engine is a International Harvester 3-5 hp from a 1930's hay bailer.

The transmission is a 4 speed from a early 1960's Volvo turned around backwards, with a Suicide shift.

It has a 4" flat belt primary.

The head light is from a 1920's Packard.

It has a McCormick Deering cast iron seat from a horse pulled hay rake.

A old style squeeze ball horn.

And a tail light from a Model T


The headlight and tail light have been updated to LED"s and are fully functional.


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I had always wondered. Thanks, that's awesome.

LOVE IT!!!!!!!
It will likely outlast some of the newer "delicate technology" ...
Pop...Pop...Pop.... :D

~CrazyJerry

Man. That is amazing. I've always wondered about your pic and now I know.

I have often wondered if a modern, electronicized version of a hit and miss engine would be efficient. Technically, it would be running at peak BSFC every time it fired, whether it was 200 stroking (idle), 50 stroking or 4 stroking (full power). I guess the freewheeling would create a lot of pumping losses with air rushing in and out of the cylinder. Maybe not so good.

Some video of that anachronism would be outstanding, if it exists of course.

Don't run out and make of video of your excellent contraption just to satisfy me...

Dogs aren't humans :-) My dog (the non-lazy one) will run all day up & down mountains, and on level dirt can pull away from me when I'm doing close to 20 mph on my mountain bike. He'll also jump into ice-rimmed ponds to swim after ducks. (Hasn't caught one yet, but keeps trying :-)) If a human did a equivalent amount of exercise, they could (and would have to) eat a lot of high-calorie food.

We had a fox terrier that chased the ducks underwater. My older brothers fox terrier would dive 6 feet down and retrieve. If we swam up under them and grabbed their chest hair they came after you.

Caught ducks with a crab net and a jonboat, 5 1/2 hp johnson, we pulled out of the water a few times, whacked the piston to get it to loosen up a couple times as well.
make the duck fly and after three times they are too tired ot take off again, once they go underwater I snagged them off the bow while my brother drove the boat.


Ever surf a tidal bore?


regards
mech