Great video! I love how you panned up to catch the smoke rings. Great sound and all around well done video. I liked your commentary too. What a beast this engine! I can smell the clag here in my living room! Five stars for this one. ***** Again, well done! Rick
There was an engine like that on a oil rig out in the middle of Caddo Lake (the only 'true lake" in Texas) for many years - I used to call it a 17 cycle engine.
exactly,the exhaust valve is held open by a rpm controled governor and only lets the vlave close when it drops below a set rpm or when the engine is under load and working,it saves fuel by running like that
What a great tribute to the 'Productive' Industrial Revolution, without which the world would be populated by less than one billion humans. The newly 'Progressive' Society is in direct opposition to 'Production'. The continuing evolution of Machinery made it possible for far more humans to eat, than they could Ever accomplish by slave labor. We are honored that technically inclined people will take their own time and money to preserve these mechanical marvels of their time. Good Post.
what a wonderful piece of engineering.. no miracle why those babies are called hit'n'miss its one of the best videos of a hit'n'miss engnie on youtube.. cause this baby running on oil, not on propane like the most here on youtube. i wonder why the output of this engines is mesured in H.P. not in Torque :)) sorry for my english, best wishes the shrimp
@WoodwindGirl79 the reason why it only fires sometimes is to keep the engine reving at low revs like a throttle it has a speed governor that holds the exhaust valve open once it gets to a certain rpm so it doesnt get compression then when it drops back below that set rpm it releases it and lets it fire again
Nice old semidiesel with huge flywheels,and it´s so sweet when they blow smokerings,i think we talking about heavy oil engine since it´s smoke so mutch then it´s running,and probely an free play regulator since it´s not running so smootley,but dahm it´s an hardcore engine from the erley days,remember they was use steam on mostley all engine powred mecanism until late 30´s and 40´s
yeah. I have some engines over here in england. A Lister, Petter and Wolseley (see my videos). A good hit and miss engine to start with over in North America is a John Deere type E. They are very simple to use. have a look in magazines and on the internet. Your sure to find one somewhere.
The sound on this one doesn't sound over driven here. Keep in mind, this thing is running with no muffler - one big cylinder - so it is loud. A challenge to get a good recording of with any equipment.
Fancy building a machine to blow smoke rings! Seriously, these are very interesting old machines, I've not seen one as big as this, but there is the incredible unpredictability of the power stroke that seems so amazing. I suppose, when they have more of a load, the occurrence of power strokes is a little more predictable.
@ProjectIronclad That's correct, assuming it's a 4-stroke engine. But it seems to me that this is a 2-stroke, thus it's most likely piston ported. And that leads me to believe it turns the fuel off to coast instead of holding the exhaust valve open.
I start my 1918 by pulling the wheel clockwise about 3/4 of the wheel then turn it halfway counterclockwise then the compression is in pull it in the opposite drive direction and then let go so the compression takes over moving the wheel forward therefore starting these beautiful engines. I got about 7 medium size then I got a large. Hope that answers how to start these things.
It is normal for it to sound like that. Its a stationary engine, meaning it has no transmission or any way to move under its own power. I think this one was used on a mill somewhere. They use the engine to power equipment via belts.
@JimTLonW6 I've seen some smaller ones and when you put a load on them, they hit consistantly, like what you would expect from and internal combustion engine.
What fuel do you suppose is being ran in that? Kerosene? With the technology of today these Hit and Miss engines are sure to be wonderful power sources!
it is not a hit and miss engine. The operator is moving the gas feed up and down to add interest to its running. When you turn the gas way down, it takes a little bit for the engine to slow to burn the gas at that RPM. There's evidently a lot of oil in the firing cylinder that could make for an imperfect fire on any given cycle, thus the erratic nature of how its running in this video. This is from my experience actually running these on standard rigs pumping and servicing wells in WV
I didnt have to pay cash that year, got in for free since i brought an exhibit lol. I didnt see him start it, but im guessing he rotated the flywheel like other comparable engines.
Oh it would blow smoke rings on a calm day? Cool!! Ive worked in the oil field for almost 15 yrs and love those old engines!! Some old pump jacks with single cylinder engines, ajax, arrow and seems like one that had a Lion on the emblem but I can't think of the name! But you can be standing just outside the range of the exhaust and all of a sudden one will hit you!! Like it got a boost of fuel or something and slam up against you!! LOL
ive tried many times to figure out how they work but could never quite get the grasp of it.... but basically they have a set rpm, and only fire when they need to to keep that rpm, so when its freewheeling like this it will only fire now and then. under load it would fire everytime to keep its speed up
you sure this thing doesnt run on steam haha, im just kidden, i just laugh when i see this vid, awsome piece of machinery i may say, something made these days would never last that long and still be able to run
