I wonder if he turned the engine over, by some sort of hand crank or something, before firing it up. Oil tends to collect in the lower cylinders in a radial, can have a hydrolock issue I think. I'd add that he has a cooling problem too, no prop or other obvious airstream.

I have seen the vid of the thing driving down the road, amazing.

alistair

On 2011-11-25, at 4:56 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:

> On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> 
>> Aircooled and a bit bigger than 2.1 l
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/ata-scrapyard-finds/
>> 
>> 
> 
> It can be done: http://youtu.be/f2V7B7-gdRA
> 
> Jim