The Taipan Tyro is an Australian made, 1.9cc model diesel engine designed and manufactured by Gordon Burford in South Australia. It was the first model aircraft engine I owned and it has sat in a box for the last 40 or so years. I only found it recently and decided it would be good candidate for a restoration. In this video I discuss the history of Taipan engines, I dismantle, clean and inspect the engine and begin restoring some of the parts. I also visit Colin Maybury who helped with with fuel for this engine and the Titan engine (my previous engine series).
The book featured in this video can be found using the ISBN number 9780646524986