hammerforge
New Member
Hi!
I am something of a newb. I just built my first gas powered two stroke bike as an experiment, and it has been working better han I dared expect.
However I have come up with a question...In general the power output of the HP diesel engines is aroud 2-5 hp. The RPMS if I understand correctly run from 6000 - 8000 rpm. I have not however been able to find the torque.
The reason I ask is that i have been looking to try and build a diesel version of the motorized bike. I am part of a biodiesel processing experiment at my local university and have a virtually unlimited supply of biodiesel at the moment. Looking around online, I came across these.
they are diesel model airplane engines that have an output of 2.8 HP at an RPM of 15000. It would require some special gearing probably to bring the RPM down to a standard 6000 for the bicycle, and to make a right angle turn to drive the bike chain, but these do not seem to be out of hte realm of possibility. Has anyone tried such a thing successfully yet?
I am something of a newb. I just built my first gas powered two stroke bike as an experiment, and it has been working better han I dared expect.
However I have come up with a question...In general the power output of the HP diesel engines is aroud 2-5 hp. The RPMS if I understand correctly run from 6000 - 8000 rpm. I have not however been able to find the torque.
The reason I ask is that i have been looking to try and build a diesel version of the motorized bike. I am part of a biodiesel processing experiment at my local university and have a virtually unlimited supply of biodiesel at the moment. Looking around online, I came across these.
they are diesel model airplane engines that have an output of 2.8 HP at an RPM of 15000. It would require some special gearing probably to bring the RPM down to a standard 6000 for the bicycle, and to make a right angle turn to drive the bike chain, but these do not seem to be out of hte realm of possibility. Has anyone tried such a thing successfully yet?
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