The story is that this working 1/3 scale Porsche engine was built over 40 years ago by a Dutch Porsche driver who is also a precision instrument maker. Recently some of his friends successfully urged him to fire it up for them and this short video was made.
Best sound of any working model engine I've ever heard!
Model Porsche 911 flat-engine that runs
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, Apr 07 2015 09:08 AM
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 09:08 AM
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Gregory Wells
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 10:47 AM
Wow!!!! I'd love to see a mini 911 to go with it!
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 11:28 AM
I posted that up on my Facebook wall a few days ago. Nothing makes my heart go pitter patter like the sound of an aircooled flat 6, no matter what size. 
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 11:42 AM
Cool to see it "really" run vs the ones that run off of compressed air.
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 11:47 AM
Anyone have any idea what horsepower it puts out? Be really cool in a 1/3 scale 911 R/C car.
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 11:47 AM
Yeah, but it is 1/3 scale; I thinl many of the others are smaller and that makes it a lot harder to make 'em run...
Gregory Wells
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