Maltese Falcon

[Cnc Wana bee]

Hi,i saw this books that has plans and tips about building the Maltese Falcon engine,its a 260cc flat four engine.
any one built the engine?
i didnt found any info about the engine in google,only about the movie

[CNC Pro]

I found a book you can buy that has the plans for the engine. Here's the link (the book is near the the bottom of the page).

http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/Const.htm

[Cnc Wana bee]

i know..
i saw the book..

[One of Many]

Here is another site that has a few more details on this engine. It is still an advertisment, but they do offer a video and castings. You may have seen this already also.

MINIMAG

Moden Engine News

DC

[Cnc Wana bee]

yep saw it,i talked to ron from modelenginenews,he was very helpful and pointed me to some info about the engine.

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

CNCwanaBe I believe you can find more info on this type of engine in the area of Radial aircraft engines where they are more appropriately called "X" engines or "Cruciform" engines. Flat four is the usual description for a flat opposed 4-cylinder such as used in Subaru & Porsche cars. Flat opposed engines are great for aircraft as well. Continental & Lycoming are flat opposed engines.

[teammpp]

Originally Posted by Cnc Wana bee Hi,i saw this books that has plans and tips about building the Maltese Falcon engine,its a 260cc flat four engine. any one built the engine? i didnt found any info about the engine in google,only about the movie

RCM&E (or one of the UK Radio Controlled Aircraft magazines for sure)did a write up about it several years ago. Lovely looking engine but a little out off my league unfortunately.