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From an idea for the Whippet cooling tank to the finished tank on a tripod. The Enjomor Whippet is water cooled and to fit with my construction of it as a stationary engine I needed a simple water tank. The basic idea was to have a simple cooling tank next to the engine on the … Read more
A peek inside the Enjomor Whippet was just too tempting, especially with a set of Wera Allen Keys laying nearby. The head of this Whippet engine is interesting as it is constructed as two layers. The combustion chamber has a heart shape cavity that links the sidevalves to the cylinder. The video shows us removing … Read more
Edgar T Westbury is perhaps best known for his model engine designs and contributions to Model Engineer. He was born in 1896 and served in the Royal Navy during the latter part of the First World War. In the late 1920′s he was an instructur in the RAF. During World War Two he developed a … Read more