Small diesel engine?

[Wagon173]

Hey guys. So my dad took me to his friends mom's house the other day and she let me go through her late husbands shop without a leash as she was going to take it all to the dump. In addition to a mini drill press, several bench grinders, an old 10 inch radial arm saw, and more mill tooling than you can shake a stick at, there was a very small nitro airplane engine. Up to this point I've only done steam, but this engine seems so absolutely simple that I'm contemplating replicating it as an intro to IC. My only concern is that 1 I don't want to jump in the deep end right off the bat and deal with spark plugs, magnetos, timing, ect and 2 I'm not sure that I can replicate the platinum element and would also rather not mess around with nitro or glow fuel. Has anyone built a true miniature diesel? If so can it be made to run on readily available fuels and without the glow plug being constantly fired?

 

[ausdier]

Did you see this thread ?

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f26/gordon-nano-0-1-cc-crank-timing-issue-drawings-16572/

 

[kspringer80]

I'd do a search for "Boll Aero 18" on here and the internet. Below is a link to another forum post on this engine.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f31/boll-aero-18-a-7108/

 

[Tin Falcon]

You may want to look at Gails lobo twin deisel
build log

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f43/lobo-pup-twin-diesel-21364/
Plan download
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/downloads/lobo-16-cc-twin-cylinder-2-stroke-diesel-161.html
Tin

 

[Wagon173]

Outstanding. Thank you guys for those threads!