9 cylinder model radial engine

[@moeape]

What Mr. Collier did as a machinist is craftsmanship perfection. What he did to the valve covers and pushrod cylinders, as well as the additional work, places him in the artist category. For those of us that know what you did, we are in awe.

[@thebullet44739]

I am so thankful that he built, and shared with us, this marvel of engineering!

[@jimdevilbiss9125]

A true engineering and visual work of art. And he is correct. The scale version propeller adds so much.

[@JD-yd4wp]

I purchased the plans and casting from Lee Hodgson probably 15 years ago and have yet to build it. Thanks for the motivation!

[@MrDeancoote]

Hi are the plans still available?

[@davewhitegas2415]

That is some awesome work there. I have been a a machinist for 40 years and I greatly appreciate the work and the pure talent required to make such a machine. Love it. The thrill of firing it up for the very first time is probably beyond words. Thank you for sharing it.

[@SMOBY44]

Would love to see four of these powering a scale model B-17. The sound alone would be spot on!

[@SeekerKnight]

That has to be the smoothest running radial engine I've ever seen, regardless of size! Great job!

[@6___________99_____________64]

I cannot even begin to imagine the joy he must have felt, hearing that engine fire up for the first time. Respect

[@DeadZone318]

You know you're a Bad Ass when you can manufacture & build your own engine from scratch. Awesome!!!!

[@briangarner9505]

That is some seriously amazing talent that guy has I am thoroughly impressed! I hope his still with us.

[@garyford99]

Brian Garner I just spoke with him last Monday

[@josephhahn1258]

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[@ПОЛНАЯХРЕНЬ-т7и]

@@garyford99 Здравствуйте. Хотел поинтересоваться, вам известно где люди берут чертежи для постройки таких двигателей ? Кроме того сайта что вы указали... У нас в россии такое мало распространено, и никто этим не занимается. Это сильно ухудшает поиск.

[@georgeglass4587]

What a thing of beauty. Thanks for sharing, George.

[@ukmwg]

Great job, I like the mods you did with the tappet covers and push rod tubes.

[@123sheepdip]

What a fantastic piece of workmanship. You deserve to be well and truly proud of yourself.

[@yahatinda]

Magnificent and elegant. It would be great on a scale model of the Sprit of St.Louis

[@Hitokiri2000]

Super nice engine i love those radials hope you will film the new project once he get's it done

[@dayriderschat]

To be admired ,Well done ...A patient builder

[@LPtheDESTROYER]

Extremely impressive. Amazing item to build from scratch running like the real thing!

[@ThatUncivilGamer]

I'm building a 1:1bi-plane for a very deep school project, and I'm finally getting closer to being able to create my radial engine because of this!

[@showproja]

Truly spectacular! It runs like a Swiss watch! I applaud your ingenuity, talent and patience. Would you mind sharing your occupation and level of education?

[@davesnothere3425]

14 yrs and now recommended. Welcome newcomers

[@mrfarmerjimbob]

Naturephoenix, what you're talking about is called an "inertia starter". It works by winding up a flywheel (what the guy is cranking) Then you engage a clutch (screaming sound), the flywheel turns the engine over and it starts (usually). More reliable than electric start because you don't need a battery & you can try as long you can crank up the flywheel. Some inertia starters used an electric motor to wind up the flywheel.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

I worked with Lee Hodgson for about a year in Cincinnati. I remember him talking about how he and his dad developed these engines, and how he planned to market the plan for these. I saw about a dozen years ago that he had gone ahead and done what he said he would back in 1993-94.

[@420woody420]

I'm in the process of building one of these exact engines (9 Cylinder Hodgson radial) right now and it's this video that is my motivation. Hoping to build a scale F4U Corsair to drop it into after it's done. Good on ya John!!!

[@cronos222]

Amazing machine work ! I'm a certified welder for 23 years now and thusly do a little fabricating too but , this level of precision is far beyond me .

[@LukeSkyscraper]

A thing of beauty :) It's great that we get to see what people have done like this. 5 stars

[@devilsoffspring5519]

These engines are marvels of craftsmanship. Works of art. I wouldn't have the stones to try flying one in a model aircraft though!

[@buchananprecisionmachine5490]

Building a machine like this is at the very top of the Machinists Art. He said he had about 5 years in the project. I built a Jeep from scratch, and I've got 20 years in my project. I can drive mine but I don't have even 1/20th of the actual machine work in a complete Jeep that this guy has in this engine. I'm in Aw!

[@sugey349]

nice full throtle demo

[@cliffordb47]

Super impressive you are one hell of a machinist great job

[@garyford99]

You are correct about turning a radial engine over before starting. However Mr Collier did indeed turn the engine over the required number of times before starting, but that was edited out of the video.

[@bockscar43]

Wow a true craftsman, really outstanding work..... Thanks for the posting.

[@splortz]

Hats off to the working class people of America. This fine example of the forgotten skills and talents that are manifest across the country--if you know where to look!

[@leadsolo2751]

Beautiful !! Just visited the agelessengines website too ...

[@Jeffrey314159]

This engine was used to power a WW2 tank. It was basically a heavy canon mobile armored platform, that I saw on R Lee Ermy's Mail Call on the History Channel

[@sparkie951]

Very nice... Job well done... .Looks great. As an A&P I have worked on Radials... They are all but a lost art today!

[@xKmotx]

Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! Thank you soooo much for making this video and showing this incredibly beautiful work of the machinists art.

[@tonyevans1499]

Well Done. I bet you have a fabulous workshop.

[@xzqzq]

beautiful... would love to see it on a flying model.

[@NeutralGenericUser]

+xzqzq you won't. they are terrible engines for anything but looking cool. It doesn't make as much power as another configuration with similar number of cylinders, and it's very unreliable. Look at what happened tot he rotary engine

[@garyford99]

+NeutralGenericUser But isn't "looking cool" what its all about!

[@stir_stick]

I agree but... 1200 hours of labor and you would risk sticking it in the dirt at high speed.

[@tomglover4211]

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[@vtecpreludevtec]

+Tom Glover microlight.

[@catey62]

absolutely beautiful peice of engineering...I agree...it would look incredible in a model aircraft of a vintage to suit....

[@johnrobinson1140]

OMG! That needs to be on a period correct warbird. that sounds amazing

[@birddoggarton]

I am sure he can figure this out. lol. Very skilled machinist. Very Nice Work!

[@kartherton]

O that sounds nice at tick over. What an achievement sir. Well done.

[@Laser100man]

You need to have an aircraft at least 60 pounds in weight to install this monster! Otherwise it will start falling apart even on the ground!!! Truly awesome machinery, obvious from the engine's sound, very smooth and not rough running!!! 5 stars!!!

[@barumman]

Well done first class, from a fellow model engineer

[@raymondo162]

Very nice piece of work. Massive thumbs-up

[@Whiskeymike1229]

very well done...its amazing that everything was hand done out of just bar stock...and twelve hundred hours...very very well done sir

[@twowheelmayhem]

That is awesome. That guy has a lot of patience

[@Vintabilly]

You tell him!! I'm in awe of the work. Very very nice.

[@No1sonuk]

I think the main advantage of radials is that they are very short compared to inline and v configurations. I understand they're also very resitant to damage. I've heard of aircraft returning to base with entire cylinders missing from a running engine.

[@randallbowler7454]

Beautiful, elegant, excellent work

[@muggles1985]

Wow, there's nothing quite like the sound of a good radial 9...just beautiful. Hope he doesn't shut it down from full revs that fast all the time though, or he'll kill it.

[@chuckvan1568]

Amazing! Good job.

[@dlkline27]

A magnificent metal work of art. Thanks for sharing.

[@Squarerig]

What an achievment.I am so impressed.

[@jphdg]

Awesome work of art! Well done. Good luck on the V8 project. Would love to see that.

[@fourseasons2349]

an absolute work of art..

[@mrvv8337]

I remember seeing this engine and it's build for the first time on 5 bears engineering. That was a great website...before the days of the youtubes.

[@cf6282]

Outstanding craftsmanship!

[@chrisbaker2903]

One thing I learned when I was flying model airplanes is that you set the mixture and left it alone for the most part. If you had to fiddle with it, you were doing something wrong. I hope he builds an aircraft for it. That would be very cool. He mentioned OS as the maker of the carburetor, they also make and sell a 5 cylinder radial of about 4 cubic inches and I thought at first this engine was using those cylinders and heads but it was not. This is an amazing amount of skill and work on exhibition. It would be a shame if that was it, if he's just going to run it on the stand off and on. It needs to be flown.

[@dccollectoraz]

WOW!! Beautiful model! very well done!! SWEET sound too!!!!!!!

[@howardrewald9817]

It is a crying shame that all this talent is lost in a generation just imagine if we could live for 800 years.

[@rlbadger1698]

I know 14 y/o's who can build this on cnc in a tenth the time.

[@jeremystuckey8153]

Yea, Right, Perhaps one 14 yr old but not several as you state. And a 10th of the time??120 hrs??? That is just 3 weeks. Lets start the clock and see shall we? He is a skilled craftsman, 14 yr old may perhaps have been at it 3 yrs tops, as a 10 yr old does not have the dexterity nor the mind to grasp what is happening. So you lie, just to sound tough. Go away.

[@rlbadger1698]

I'm a master machinist, I'm 60+ y/o and I have apprentices who are 18 and 19 y/o that are just as good as me on manual lathes, mills, and grinders. Plus they know CNC and I don't. You can scan the prints and CNC the parts off billets so fast it's unreal.

[@rlbadger1698]

Do you know if CAD Drawings have been done? If it's like the Shvetsov M-11 it only has 50 or 60 different parts.

[@tag_of_frank]

Yeah I was wondering HOW it could take 1200 hours! If you have the parts you should be able to put them together... If you count spending 5 hours getting 1 part on the other hand... Hey Ri Badger, whats a good way to start learning machining as a hobbyist?

[@jenniesgarage]

Wow, 1200 hours, that's dedication.

[@patalexander1965]

That kind of dedication has made America what she is,"Great"!

[@richardmann800]

only takes a couple of seconds to crash

[@bure998]

awesome job sir! love the sound when it's close to idle...

[@ala068]

Well sir, you have my respect... Well done from downunder, Perth Australia. Kind Regards, Alan

[@paulm5197]

Saw a similar engine in model hobby shop in Chicago about 40 years ago. It was only about 8 inches across and cost $1000!

[@magicrat6969]

OS Engines out of Japan make engines very similar to this although not as large and they average $2700 -$4000 depending on the displacement. They are perfect size for fully functional rc airplanes. A number of years ago I saw a HUGE (yuge?) Ford Tri-motor using three of them. Once it was in the air it looked and sounded like the real thing. Wish I had been born rich instead of so good looking. I would have ALL the cool toys.

[@mikenco]

That sir, is a thing of beauty. I am very impressed!

[@raboyd2008]

Golly, I am always amazed by folks with such awesome techical skill Dr Richard MD

[@swerndly]

respect!!! that's no engine that's a master piece of art!

[@cserohs]

very cool....you must be a great machinist

[@TheRangerBob]

Wonderful work! Keep at it...

[@vector409]

wow .. well done sir . beautiful workmanship

[@Freedom2Film574]

I enjoyed your video very much! that was a very good job building that motor

[@reedy93]

excellent job,would be nice to see it in a plane.lovely sound

[@plexnoid]

She's a beauty! Truly a work of art.

[@botflysimon3616]

Amazing work. Beautifully made engine. Thanks for sharing.

[@KipBurbank1]

Incredible. You are quite a talent.

[@robgandy4550]

Wow, very cool sir. Nicely done. Its a beauty.

[@garyford99]

As John stated in the video, that particular prop was made by PK Props in Kansas.

[@paulduffey7975]

What a man does is more impressive than what he says. Awesome Job GaryFord99. Thank you for showing.

[@georgejohnson1124]

Very nice work Sir..........................

[@ColeAviation]

That's a very SMART man right there now.! That would be awesome on the front of a RC 40% Super Stearman.

[@TeeBeeZee]

That is beautiful! You should be proud. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@davidpulaski5628]

A true craftsman. Congrats!

[@Siliamii]

That is absolutely awesome. It would be so cool to see it run in a scale p-47m, hehe.

[@pinwizz69]

As a frmr. USCG AD3 Radial qauiled to do eng. runups the only thing I saw wrong was you should always turn a radial over 3 time more than the # of cylinders to scavange oil that WILL build up in the head and top of the piston on the bottom (#1) cylinder can cause overpressure on that cyld.. Outherwise you may get a real loud BANG ! Thing have a tenency to go flying then.Thats bad ! Realy cool job by a very talented guy, I hope he mounts it on a miniture HU16e Albatross.Just a dream of mine.

[@tythompson1633]

Outstanding job!

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Beautiful workmanship. Not so much a machine as art that moves.

[@robertsumption1243]

Amazing accomplishment WOW !

[@HenryLoos]

you did not say anything about machining the camwheel or did you purchace it?

[@garyford99]

@Naturepheonix This engine, like most all radial engines is 4 stroke. John's engine runs on straight pure aviation gasoline, 100LL. The fuel and oil are not mixed together.

[@SimonChristoff]

Please do a update video.... Tell us more like what is the power deliver +- and was the v 8 build. How was the rings manufactured...

[@mtmals9786]

reminiscent of the Spirit of St.Louis radial. Nice!

[@ZListon]

What will you do with this engine? Is it just a showpiece? Just wondering. I couldn't imagine actually putting it in a model aircraft all though that would be awesome. It's absolutely beautiful.

[@NSResponder]

Wow. Beautiful work. -jcr

[@kaukolaurinolli]

Beautiful work.

[@bikemate]

Fantastic work! nice job

[@billlawson1290]

a mechanical work of art great video

[@iloverush123]

It even sounds like a radial. Wow!

[@h2otek312]

What a wonderful example of craftsmanship and functional art. How did the Aeroshell or subsequent oils work out? I understand many older design engines have cam & lifter problems because of formulation changes mandated by environmental concerns. Unless roller cams are used, or appropriate additives are utilized.

[@chrischannon2739]

Beautiful, well done that man