[SEL] My Austral

Dave Rotigel rotigel at alltel.net
Mon Jun 25 06:35:04 PDT 2007


At 06:55 AM 6/25/2007, you wrote:
>I put my Austral away on the weekend until its next outing later in the
>year. While I was doing that I thought I would take a longer video of it
>running and put it on YouTube. There are few nicer looking engines than an
>Austral sideshaft, lamp-start engine :)
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw97xYfA9kY
>Patrick M Livingstone

I agree with you 100% Patrick! I know that my 11 HP Austral gets a LOT of 
attention at the shows to which I've taken it. It not only runs smoothly 
and with very little noise, but it's sheer mass is impressive. Add to this 
6 functions driven by the side shaft (and the "magic" that transpires when 
the timing valve is actuated) and you have a real show stopper!
         Dave
PS, I note that (if I am counting correctly) your 3.5 is hitting about 
every 40th time over. At what speed is it running? (My 11 HP hits about 
every 18th/20th time when running at about 90 RPM's)





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