[SEL] Question about side shaft cam stoppers.
Curt
curt at imc-group.com
Wed Apr 26 07:54:41 PDT 2006
Some of you may know our local prolific model builder Doug Kelley and
have seen some of his exquisite work. His latest model of the Miller
engine at Coolsprings (using minerature ignitors!) has been working
great for several months, and apparently he is ready to design his next
model.
He called last night asking I dig up information on Callahan engines or
other cam stoppers. Perhaps I am recalling incorrectly, but I seem to
remember that on a Callahan the shaft continues to rotate, but the
governor latches in and out the cam lobes that are on a sleeve on the
side shaft.
But Doug specifically asked about an engine in which the entire side
shaft is latched in/out by a governor acting at the back of the shaft
near the crankshaft. He wants to build a model that uses a mechanism
like this, where the entire shaft rotates and then the entire shaft is
latched out.
So the question is, what engine would this be, and is a detailed
explanation available, and are pictures available that Doug can pattern
his design from?
Thanks,
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC
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