Hello from Southern Ontario, Canada

[geoff_h]

Hello, im 27 and live in a small rural area of Southern Ontario.
Ive flown rc airplanes and helis for over 10 years so this hobby was a perfect step.

I have been reading here and learning sense before I started this hobby. I purchased my first lathe 1.5 years ago and got my mill 1 year ago with no prior machining experience.

I have a 13x40 Harbor Freight lathe and a Wells Index 9x46 mill.

All of my learning has been through experimenting, trial and error and greatly aided because of this site and the vast knowledge available here.

My 1st Ic engine was finished in December. It was a LME 125 Puck, a 0.27 ci flat head four stroke rc airplane motor designed by Todd Snouffer. The plans and step by step instructions where excellent and I feel was a great way to get started with IC engines. It formed a very solid knowledge and skill base to get started with. It was my first real project and ended up being a good runner.

Ive just got my 2nd engine running. Its a 4 cylinder 4 stroke.
I posted some pics from my 2nd engine build http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=15373.0

Thanks
Geoff

 

[awJCKDup]

Welcome Geoff, nice having you aboard, and a very nice looking engine. Congratulations on getting it running. Hope you enjoy yourself here, and I am looking forward to your next projects

John

 

[GailInNM]

Welcome Geoff,
Nice engines and nice workmanship.
Gail in NM

 

[dsquire]

Hi Geoff

Hi and welcome to HMEM. I see that you have been lurking for well over a year. We are glad that you could find some tips on the board that helped you in the build of your engine. Where in Southern Ontario are you. I am in Kitchener so we might be neighbours.

The engine certainly looks a treat. How is the performance? Have you flown it already or are you still tweaking it? Looking forward to hearing more about it and maybe even a video if you have one when you have the time. :bow: :bow:

Cheers

Don

 

[geoff_h]

Thank you.

I live in Port Rowan south of London on the lake shore. So far it idles at 1000-1200 rpm, have not ran it above 4500-5000 yet. The heads have only got up to 140 farenheit so its not working very hard.

Have some more pics and a short video posted here. http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=15373.0

Have not flown it yet, still working on it. It needs some work on the intake and carbs to get it running a little more stable and reliable. Also have a few other tweaks I want to do to it.

Geoff

 

[lazylathe]

It is an awesome engine Geoff!
Sounds great and looks like it was bought from the hobby store!!!

Andrew

 

[Maryak]

Geoff,

Welcome to our forum. wEc1

Best Regards
Bob

 

[steamer]

Welcome!

Dave

 

[George_Race]

Hi Geoff and welcome aboard.
I am really impressed with your airplane engines. You must be very proud of those builds, great job beautifully done.
George

 

[G_N_R]

Hi Geoff
Welcome to the forum, very nice engines.
Keep up with the "experimenting, trial and error" that’s how everyone learns any skill.

 

[tel]

Welcome Geoff!