Reed Valve 125s

We thought Chicago wonderful. Robert Bosch, Chicago were developing the pump & injectors for our V8 diesel in Montreal. We spent a lot of time visiting lake Michigan beaches ...

California too, Derek. Mostly with American military -- great fun, some wonderful people but the awful ones were really awful. Some good mechanics and some really awfully awful ones too.

But back to Bantams -- if that was your Bantam, the one displaying the Union Jack then it has an external flywheel -- which fact you never revealed when the subject was being discussed... Quite a thick and solid looking thing -- must be affecting the acceleration etc... etc... ???

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Hi John lot of history in this one but here goes -

We do actually intend to get rid of the ignition flywheel,but perhapps for next year, I have tried it with my newset up but, I had a few isssues trying something eslethat allows me to get rid of the rotor.

regds Derek

Yes, Derek ... such memories can be vividly clear to last a lifetime -- mine too!

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Courtesy & Property Of Trevor Amos.

Well John ,
You did enquire as to what actually happened to reeds during running , so i did the above graph to illustrate both the bottom
end of a power band and the peak . When plotted against a conventional piston engine the differences are quite clear , as indeed
are the differences at the varying rpm levels . Bear in mind of course , that the piston port is symetrical , and constant , irrepective
of rpm demands and engine needs !

See what you think , have fun , Trevor

Thanks Trevor -- but it is still magic to me: the reeds flapping at speeds less than a quarter of 0.007 to a quarter of 0.0046 of a second. Phwew! That´s 1.8 to 2.3 times as fast as a Hummingbird flaps its wings.

Magic -- its magic I tellyer!!


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