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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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Rotary Lawn Mower

Single rotor 13B in New Zealand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAJgT...eature=related


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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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That's frigg'n BANANA's
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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how that hell did you do that?
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Atkins Rotary sell the one rotor kit. They also built one for Tim Allen for the "Home Improvement show"
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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id love to have one of those >
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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Cool!
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 12:40 AM
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sounds like a Peripheral Port.way cool
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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I want one! I should take one of my spare engines and build one of those single rotor engines. Put it in a go cart or something. So many possibilites for it, especially with turbo.....
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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LOL...Nice unit
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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That's frigg'n BANANA's
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Didn't a company produce a real rotary powered push mower some time ago?
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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That's pretty bad a$$. I just want the gilmer drive
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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I think I've now officially seen it all. That's freaking awesome though
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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Damn that is sweet, id love to see one of these in a go cart.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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okay thats gonna be the project of mine between the FC and FB. lol
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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I want one... and I live in an apartment!
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Pele
B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Didn't a company produce a real rotary powered push mower some time ago?
yes,

Sachs AG. They also made a chainsaw and a snowmobile engine. I have the snowmobile engine but I havent got around to making it run yet. It was originally 23hp, I figure I can get 30 pretty easy, should make a good go-kart or minibike engine.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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I thought it would be cheaper to use a real 13B 2 rotor engine. How much shorter is a single rotor engine...about 4"? And what about vibrations and imbalance of the rotating assembly? Won't a single rotor wear the bearings out faster?

What type of transmission is he using?
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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Thats is sick!!! Nice build. Very Cool!!
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