Radial engine - Page 2 - SV650.org

06-10-06, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wyrdness

Quote:

Originally Posted by weazelz

I mis-read that as rotary for a minute (not wankel rotary) - riding along with those cylinders spinning between your knees would be hair-raising

the torque reaction on the longitudinally-mounted one must be intersting too!

The engine doesn't rotate - just the crankshaft. See here:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/radial-engine2.htm

yes, I know, but a rotary one does

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyrdness

I never understood how those rotating aircraft ones worked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_engine

"...instead of having an orthodox fixed cylinder block with rotating crankshaft, the crankshaft remains stationary and the entire cylinder block rotates around it"

07-10-06, 12:51 PM

http://www.keveney.com/Engines.html
Probably been posted somewhere on here before, but definitely worth a look if you havent seen them, the engine weazelz refers to would be a Gnome Rotary (by their naming conventions at least, there's definitely room for interpretation, i tend to assume wankel if someone referrs to rotary engines, as in RX7/8) Anyway, good set of animations, and very helpful for figuring out how the heck some of these engines actually work.

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07-10-06, 12:51 PM	#12
shao Guest Posts: n/a	http://www.keveney.com/Engines.html Probably been posted somewhere on here before, but definitely worth a look if you havent seen them, the engine weazelz refers to would be a Gnome Rotary (by their naming conventions at least, there's definitely room for interpretation, i tend to assume wankel if someone referrs to rotary engines, as in RX7/8) Anyway, good set of animations, and very helpful for figuring out how the heck some of these engines actually work.