C. E. Bowden, Model Aircraft Pioneer

C. E. Bowden smashes previous endurance records for petrol driven model airplanes in 1932, although not in this film

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[ANIKES]

good looking "pioneering" model airplane...

but the girl looks even better but ..... as a hobby, this costs much more !!

[rooftopjump]

Mr Cholmondley-Warner got everywhere

[sablatnic]

The engine?

A petrol Westbury 20 cc 2-stroke engine with spark ignition. You can see him plugging in a booster battery at 0:35 to 0:45.

[searedice]

"although not in this film" hahaha :P

[shoopwhoopX]

@Naturepheonix no, is kerosene and oil

[direktorpresident]

I believe this flight occurred on "Faireys Great West Aerodrome", better known these days as "Heathrow". :-) It's a spark engine, by the way.

[Naturepheonix]

ooooooo

that sounds badass!

[rasprot]

diesel for model airplanes uses a lot of kerosene(50% or more) and some diesel from gas stations(30% or less) . the magic ingredient of the mix is the amyl-nitrate (10%) (very expensive and forbiden due to its narcotic effects in humans)... finaly, any oily fuel have ignition when compressed even without a spark.... the same happens in glow engines, also known as semi-diesel engine.

[Naturepheonix]

Diesel you mean?

I thought you can buy it at any gas station.

It lights by pressure is it because of its reactivity?

[rasprot]

i think that the earlier engines was diesel powered, like cox engines. there´s no need to induce the ignition by other ways than fuel, pressure ratio of 25:1 and crank. you can hear the engine, the sound indicates low rpm and the noise differ very much from glow or gas engine, due to the different behavior of these ancient engines....i would like to fly a diesel model, but the fuel is too hard to home brew...