[SEL] The austral has landed

[Dave Rotigel]

The first picture on p. 4 gave me the clue to all this and indicated 
exactly where I'm coming from on things lately. Click on it to see what I'm 
talking about. See: http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/rtc044.html
         Dave
PS, The whole set of pictures is GREAT! Thanks for setting them up!


At 09:31 PM 9/30/2006, you wrote:
>Dave is mostly right on the flat steel vs cast wheels on Australs. The cast
>wheels were only seen on engines up to 8hp but the flat steel wheels were
>available as an option on the smaller engines (just to confuse matters). I
>would hate to think how much heavier the engines would be if the bigger
>engines had the cast wheels.
>
>Patrick M Livingstone
>Leichhardt NSW
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>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>Hi Tommy,
>          It appears to me that the cast/flat steel spokes difference seems
>to be a matter of engine size. Up to 8 HP have cast wheels. Eleven HP (10
>HP?) and above have flat steel spokes.
>          Dave
>PS, Clicking on the first picture on page 4 will help you know where I'm
>coming from!
>
>
>
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