A radically new type of engine

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/30/autoline-on-autoblog-with-john-mcelroy/

by Nycto • 17 years ago

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fcghjk• 17 years ago

It's been done (better) 60years ago - look up 'Deltic'

electromagnetic• 17 years ago

As for new, this engine design goes well back to steam engines. Hardly new.

ams6110• 17 years ago

Yeah I was pretty sure I'd seen that concept somewhere before. It looks cool, but certainly not "different" enough from any other piston engine design to not have been conceived and tried by now. Thanks.

stcredzero• 17 years ago

The fact that it's not so new is a big advantage. It can take advantage of industrial infrastructure and the economies of scale developed for existing piston engines.

DougBTX2• 17 years ago

A single crankshaft is probably more practical for small cars.

aarongough• 17 years ago

It looks like a beautiful piece of engineering! I hope they are able to find a viable niche for it and push it to market!

humbledrone• 17 years ago

I sure wish those animations would loop. I guess I'll just cross my fingers and hope the engine is eventually featured on animatedengines.com!

DougBTX2• 17 years ago

You can download from http://www.blogcdn.com/videos/www.autoblog.com/897.flv then play in a loop using VLC. (Though yes, looping without faffing about would be great.)

moron4hire• 17 years ago

how is this different from a flat-twin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-twin

storborg• 17 years ago

There are two opposing pistons in each cylinder. This enables the power of a 2-stroke engine, but without the horrible emissions and inefficiency normally inherent in a 2-stroke engine, and without the valvetrain complexity of a 4-stroke.

ars• 17 years ago

I remember hearing about this, and the problem was wear on the moving parts. The engine does not last long enough.

learnalist• 17 years ago

How can they call this a radically new type of engine when it is still ran on petrol / diesel ( ie fossil fuel )?

ecaradec• 17 years ago

Good to know that most ideas didn't have a real look : "In most cases, I simply deleted each release and went on with my work." I was just asking myself why we are still locked with petrol engines...

A radically new type of engine

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