Karl-Erik Olsryd 9-Cylinder Radial Wright J-5 Whirlwind

Last crawled date: 1 year, 10 months ago

NOTE: Updated with new 4K renders on 7-14-2019. Placed in PNGS folder.

Modeled in SolidWorks, Imported to C4D, Rendered with Redshift. Cheers ! ~Dave

Hello Friends, I finally finished my radial engine model and renders. Of course most of you will recognize this engine as the Karl-Erik Olsryd 9-cylinder quarter scale model of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind. I modeled it from the drawings by Jan Elg, deviating a bit from the drawings only when I felt it would benefit form or function.

The Solidworks 2013 model is complete with all Mechanical Mates. You can turn the propeller and and see all the workings of the complete valve train, intake blower, gear box, distributor, planetary gears, etc. One exception is the valve springs. I have included them in the model but Solidworks could not handle the additional dynamics of 18 functioning valve springs.

Credits: The model is mine complete with the exception of the carbureator and propeller. Credit for the carbureator goes to Jan Elg and the propeller is from Grabcad user Usama. Thanks to both.

I'm uploading my complete Solidworks 2013 files, parts & assemblies, as well as STEP, IGES, STL and several high resolution renderings I created with Bunkspeed Shot. Click the Download button to see them in Hi-Res glory!

Model Stats:
Total Parts: 1,627
Number of bodies: 1,451
Unique Parts: 165
Number of Gears: 9
Total Assemblies: 33
Total Mates: 1,890
Polygons in Shot: 13,906,643
Total Hours: Far too many. =)