Having just ordered one of the classic gearhead toys of all time for my kids, a Revell Visible V8 engine, I went trolling the web for a good video of someone abusing one. Being made completely of plastic, the engines are supposed to rotate slowly, showing how all the parts inside move and work. I found one guy who is spinning them to extreme RPM levels and in the video below the little mill passes 7,000 RPM!
Taking all necessary precautions, the tester placed the motor in a plexi-glass case in the event it completely blew apart. The engine does not survive the test, but the failure is not as spectacular as you’d expect. My favorite part of the video is the sound the mill makes when it really starts spinning. The plastic fantastic sounds really killer at 5,000 revs and up!
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Sounds pretty roudy at 7000 rpm.
interesting. it proves most sound is not the fire exiting. the pressure on one and two bending the crank.. that is my number fail..caved in journals and violent end to the rods. Same spots.
That thing needs a 4-7 swap.
AH! The smell of burning styrene, takes me back to my youth!
That does sound pretty wicked!
Stuff a fogger plate on it