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Jimbuna · 08-14-20, 01:24 PM

Radar?

Catfish · 08-14-20, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I meant marine as in marine life but no matter.

Not that also, also no radar.

Hint: Over a hundred years old.

u crank · 08-14-20, 02:09 PM

So if you turn that thing does it apply oil?

Catfish · 08-14-20, 02:10 PM

^ No.
Your name could have something to do with it

Aktungbby · 08-14-20, 05:04 PM

german?

Catfish · 08-14-20, 05:15 PM

Yes.. this name ... OEL

Aktungbby · 08-14-20, 05:21 PM

is it a radio static transfer switch? I recall Sailor Steve was a destroyer radioman...

Catfish · 08-14-20, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Does turning it in the direction of the arrow switch on an electric motor?

Sorry i fear i misunderstood. No it does not turn on an electric motor

Catfish · 08-14-20, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

is it a radio static transfer switch?

No, nothing to do with radio or communications.

I was more referring to simulation gaming, and regarding Sailor Steve and Eichhörnchen i meant that one of them may have seen this in a sim they both play (or so i think i read).. but remember: nothing to do with ships, or U-boats.

Aktungbby · 08-14-20, 05:41 PM

Flight over Flanders simulation... engine magneto switch ?

Catfish · 08-14-20, 06:11 PM

@ Aktung: Yep. It is not the magneto switch, but i guess it is close enough

It is the "Bosch Anlassmagnet", only used for starting the engine. With this system you did not need to manually start the engine.
You crank the propeller to fill the combustion chambers with fuel mixture, until any piston of its engine is in top dead end and ignition position, then you crank this starter magnet connected to the spark plugs, which produces a shower of sparks. One detonation of the mixture is enough and the engine will kick-start to rotate, then you quickly switch on the aforementioned other magneto switch, so the double ignition coils take over.
A pilot would thus be able to start his engine alone, without help or electrical starter.

This is the whole Anlassmagnet:

The "Oel" is being filled in through the upper screw, the electrical coil is surrounded by oil for insulation and temperature distribution, and had to be filled up now and then.

"In a lot of old films one sees the scene again and again in which the fitters turn the propeller at the start and thus supposedly "crack" the engine. This is only partially correct, rotary engines ala Gnome Rhone with a low flywheel mass were started like this, but this does not apply to german in-line or V- engines. ...

Even in the early days of aviation, aircraft engines had magneto ignition, and so on the "dashboard", there was a strange crank mechanism next to the ignition switch. This apparatus was a starting magnet with which a stationary engine could be "cranked". The prerequisite was that the engine had been cranked a few revolutions beforehand in ignition position "Off" and now one cylinder was set to "O.T." (Oberer Totpunkt/Upper dead end), the combustion chamber full of ignitable mixture. One turn of the magneto and the cylinder ignites. If you switched to "ignition" fast enough, the engine would run."

Willem helped to build this Fokker D.VII, with an original restored Mercedes D.IIIau engine. AT 2:00 you can hear the pilot whirling the crank of this starter magnet, and the engine starts:

Over to you!

Aktungbby · 08-14-20, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Though the result maybe "music" for some's ears

^ Indeed from my photo album: a Fokker DVII. I knew from your hint it must be an engine...My coffee grinder, when the beans are just properly ground, sounds exactly like a Cessna 172 at takeoff speed...music to my ears from my old flying daze!

Plus I recalled Steve is big on the Flanders WWI simulation. B back shortly with something good.

Aktungbby · 08-14-20, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moderator-in-chief

Why not go all the way and ask how many miles it has on the clock and the last time the oil was changed?

OK HERE' S AN EASY ONE: YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, MILES, AND LAST OIL CHANGE!

jus' kiddin'

Eichhörnchen · 08-15-20, 04:32 AM

@ Catfish... I considered the word 'oel' as a clue, and this did look very familiar... but I completely lacked the 'spark' this time

A very good puzzle

Jimbuna · 08-15-20, 06:57 AM

Melkus RS 1000?

08-14-20, 01:24 PM	#12256
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08-14-20, 02:10 PM	#12259
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08-14-20, 05:04 PM	#12260
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08-14-20, 05:15 PM	#12261
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08-14-20, 05:21 PM	#12262
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	is it a radio static transfer switch? I recall Sailor Steve was a destroyer radioman... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-14-20, 05:41 PM	#12265
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Flight over Flanders simulation... engine magneto switch ? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-14-20, 06:11 PM	#12266
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,892 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	@ Aktung: Yep. It is not the magneto switch, but i guess it is close enough It is the "Bosch Anlassmagnet", only used for starting the engine. With this system you did not need to manually start the engine. You crank the propeller to fill the combustion chambers with fuel mixture, until any piston of its engine is in top dead end and ignition position, then you crank this starter magnet connected to the spark plugs, which produces a shower of sparks. One detonation of the mixture is enough and the engine will kick-start to rotate, then you quickly switch on the aforementioned other magneto switch, so the double ignition coils take over. A pilot would thus be able to start his engine alone, without help or electrical starter. This is the whole Anlassmagnet: The "Oel" is being filled in through the upper screw, the electrical coil is surrounded by oil for insulation and temperature distribution, and had to be filled up now and then. "In a lot of old films one sees the scene again and again in which the fitters turn the propeller at the start and thus supposedly "crack" the engine. This is only partially correct, rotary engines ala Gnome Rhone with a low flywheel mass were started like this, but this does not apply to german in-line or V- engines. ... Even in the early days of aviation, aircraft engines had magneto ignition, and so on the "dashboard", there was a strange crank mechanism next to the ignition switch. This apparatus was a starting magnet with which a stationary engine could be "cranked". The prerequisite was that the engine had been cranked a few revolutions beforehand in ignition position "Off" and now one cylinder was set to "O.T." (Oberer Totpunkt/Upper dead end), the combustion chamber full of ignitable mixture. One turn of the magneto and the cylinder ignites. If you switched to "ignition" fast enough, the engine would run." Willem helped to build this Fokker D.VII, with an original restored Mercedes D.IIIau engine. AT 2:00 you can hear the pilot whirling the crank of this starter magnet, and the engine starts: Over to you! __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 08-14-20 at 06:20 PM.*

08-15-20, 04:32 AM	#12269
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,740 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	@ Catfish... I considered the word 'oel' as a clue, and this did look very familiar... but I completely lacked the 'spark' this time A very good puzzle __________________

08-15-20, 06:57 AM	#12270
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Melkus RS 1000? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)