Old aeroplane engine running

[djsly2k5]

Spare time = "Air forces" !!!

[Bamchucknorris]

rev that shit man

[Triple88a]

I can so see this guy hanging on to the engine as its revving at full blast with his feet dangling behind him :D

[MrCHISOL]

The engine isn't "new", but I don't know how old it is (not so old thought...)

What's real cool is that the man who operates the engine is BLIND! He do it all by sound and touch (he have multiple engines, including a full, functional, airplane in his garden...)

[johnson11b]

How do you know he is blind?

[MrCHISOL]

I know of him (I know someone who knows him)...

[douro20]

Yes they still make these, both in the Ukraine and in China, and they are EAA certified if I remember correctly. They are not so much a copy of the Wright Cyclone; it is a much improved engine and is capable of making over 1000hp.

[nitefly8]

that engine is barely at idle, but i'd probably be nervous to rev up a 1000hp beast too

[douro20]

The thing is so powerful that even with the small test prop it could very well tip itself over if run too fast.

[Nza420]

as someone else said.. feather the prop a bit

[agcatdriver]

That's not really an "old engine". Yeah, the design is old, since it copies the Wright 1820, but you can buy the PZL engine brand spankin new right now. They are used on the AN-2, as well as the M-18 Dromader ag aircraft. It's one HELL of a durable and reliable engine.

[agcatdriver]

Yup, that's the AN-2 engine, just basically a copy of the American Wright 1820. Good engines!

[Bendziulikas]

but they eat so much petrol too!

[snaellast]

Unfortunately they never rew it up any more than this because it would probably just go away.. Watch closely, it´s already moving.

[Tjenilvec]

Maybe if they manage to adjust the propellerpitch in such a way that at higher RPM's the thrust would be the same a the RPM's in this vid...

[Tjenilvec]

Isn't that the engine coming from a AN-2?

Cool vid by the way, unfortunately a bit too much in low rpm's