How A Hit And Miss Engine Works

How a hit and miss engine works and an upcoming project.

[@louiscullman4195]

Best description of an atmospheric valve I have found on the internet.

[@bcgrittner]

I love to watch those old engines at the threshing shows. BLAM, phut, phut, phut, phut, phut.

[@j-man6001]

Hey thanks for this! I just found out my great grandpa and my great uncle had one for their saw mill, and supposedly its still up there somewhere

[@lewisbighuber7029]

All that's missing is a hit. Neat engine

[@pables64]

excellent demo , and I like your messy shop. a lot going on in there

[@RustyGlovebox]

Very good, it happens I'm building one too. I'm using a Curtis compressor. You've got a good design. Take care

[@jonathanw4942]

+Rusty “rustyglovebox” Glovebox Cool would love to see it! will be getting back on this one soon..

[@phiksit]

How much did you pay for your Curtis?

[@RustyGlovebox]

Got it for nothing, it was in the junk pile and stuck at the time.

[@dannystroh3096]

Fun to see all your projects!

[@jimmyrogers2731]

I have a big interest in this. I hope to buy my first one soon.

[@scotttienken7460]

would love to see one run on wood gas

[@VincesEngines]

nice engine looking forward to seeing it run

[@RatRodBobBuilds]

Now that is freaking awesome!

[@JamesSmith-vz6ry]

I always wanted a John Deere vintage hit n miss motor.

[@cotton123ful]

Thanks ,I didn't know how they worked I always wondered

[@jaybefaulky4902]

the 'throttle' control is called a governor

[@opticschief]

Neat stuff, thanks. Now I want to build one !

[@ytkealoha]

JW, thanks for doing this. very interesting

[@RatRodBobBuilds]

First off ... I have an ole belt drive lathe similar to yours ... mine is a 1916 Cincinnati ... love how you 'wing it' as you go same as me. Never done a Hit and Miss but I have an ole Clinton engine I'm about to try to convert for a Rat Pit Bike project. Would love to do something with the internal governor ... what ya think?

[@acrobaticcripple8176]

I wish I was your sort of American. Brilliant!

[@DarkFlamage]

I've seen a few of these in operation, very innovative for their time, but what I've been intrigued about is Smokey Yunick's Hot Vapor Engine. Read about it when he first un-veiled it. Was that around early 1980's? I believe some of the stats were; 250 hp from a 4 cylinder don't think it was turbo or supercharged . 51 mpg... Just crazy. Not even sure if it had a radiator or any kind of water cooling. I'd love to hear your thought on that...Maybe make a short video to talk about it??

[@skipstein744]

I now understand... thank you. Skip

[@mathman1923]

That is so cool. Never heard of such a thing

[@anthonymasiello]

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[@mustie1]

what hp do you think that would be, im guessing 1 or 2,

[@jonathanw4942]

mustie1 I want to keep the compression low so I would be surprised if it was 1 hp. The less compression the slower it will run and it's sort of a (lets see how slow it will run) competition with all the hit and miss guys.

[@Vdubadub]

do you have to stick with certain compressors for these builds or can you make most any work? I've got lots of old ones kicking around.

[@jonathanw4942]

+Vdubadub heck out "Rusty Glovebox" he is building one on youtube now. Thanks for watching.

[@4xprops457]

Cool!!

[@bdrichardson403]

Ur shop is a disaster. I love it! I'll bet u know where everything is too:-)

[@johnrisher3007]

I was thinking about making a coke can crusher using one of these engines

[@dano4572]

thanx!got it! Dano 4/2/17

[@nickjervis8123]

Hi I wish I had your workshop Cheers Nick UK Ask the man who owns one

[@richardmead9225]

Yes my ex-JK Jeep had wasted fire. I pulled the plugs at 80.000 miles and a couple of them were burned to the porcelain. I was in-impressed for a modern electronic ignition engine.

[@ryanrohauer5940]

Richard Mead hahahaha no... thats called a wasted spark not a hit and miss totaly diffrent

[@user-xc5jj7kr2e]

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[@ImpalamansGarage]

Dude! Cannot imagine how much that thumb hurt when it got smashed! Cringe! lol

[@indiandoc2]

What's the purpose of the flywheel?

[@supercarpassion991]

Without a flywheel on a hit and miss there would be no load. Without a load it would run WAY to fast. The only reason a hit and miss misses is because there isn"t a load on the fly wheel. When there is a load, the flywheel slows down quicker which causes the governour to close the valve quicker.

[@ryanrohauer5940]

old indian basically rotating mass as he said it would run to fast and would not run right. With a heavy and or large flywheel it keeps more of its force mass×acceleration=force. More mass means u need less acceleration to do the same job. It also balances the engine.

[@ryotaryuu]

so you're turning a compressor into a hit and miss?

[@jonathanw4942]

Yes, Here is the same model Quincy I made into a 4 stroke carburetor engine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOpYZmDg7JksMk

[@ryotaryuu]

Jonathan W that's just awesome. Thank you. subscribed

[@hurlrules1]

That's really cool I want to see it run now lol

[@johnlucas2037]

Did you know that the first Hit and Miss using a latch on the exhaust valve was first invented by Körting of Hannover Germany in 1885? www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=157840&page=2

[@dailydoseofcancer5517]

This is a comment!

[@FourDollaRacing]

The thumbnail is disgusting, and I'm not referring to the KZbin thumbnail...

[@jonathanw4942]

Fo