Hello
I acquired a weslake 274cc engine last year and decided to make a 1/4 scale tempest ii to fit it in . I chose this aeroplane as the cowl was large enough for the engine to fit in.
The airframe was duly built and then the job of engineering on the weslake began. Exhausts were fabricated from ally tube at a local engineers.
The engine appeared to have never been run and the first problem was getting it spinning over quick enough for the magneto ignition to work. I therefore fitted decompression valves to both cylinders. Helped with a miller persuader starter I could turn the engine over quick enough but couldn't choke the engine as the fuel ran out the of the carburettor due it being a tail dragger . An angled carb manifold was then made and hey presto it fired up.
Due to the first propellor splitting due to the hole for the prop shaft and securing bolt holes a new propellor boss was manufactured.
Finally after all the engine started and ran a treat, I have recorded a short 20 second video of this initial run and placed it on you tube. If you search on you tube using the keywords- 1/4 scale tempest ii with weslake 274, you should find it easy enough.
Hope you like it and it should hopefully be airborne later this year.
The span is 123" and all up weight 32 kgs .
Karl.
