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Posted by rkj 
rkj
February 27, 2014 06:27AM
The weirdest design I've seen



perseverance furthers
February 27, 2014 02:42PM
Cool!
March 06, 2014 09:44AM
Experimental...
Those engines were used on early airplanes, I never knew there were cars equiped with those.
Kind of leaky and noisy!
rkj
March 07, 2014 07:37PM
O yeah, it sounds old and beautifull, well broken in!

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Jose Pinto
Experimental...
Those engines were used on early airplanes, I never knew there were cars equiped with those.
Kind of leaky and noisy!
March 10, 2014 09:52AM
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Jose Pinto
Those engines were used on early airplanes, I never knew there were cars equiped with those.
The difference is that the radial engine commonly used on propeller-driven airplanes are usually stationary. The cylinders don't move, and the pistons drive a center crankshaft that spins the prop. I've never seen one where the cylinders themselves spin around. Cool!

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Dave
'91 325iX
March 10, 2014 05:58PM
There was a brand of aero engine called Franklin that had the cylinders rotate with the propellers. Must have been a challenge to balance it though.

Bob in Lake Havasu
March 14, 2014 01:11PM
Some spin the engine with a stationary crank, to improve cylinder cooling.
March 14, 2014 01:37PM
This one for example

Aircrafts with this kind of engine were hard to fly and manoeuvre, because of the gyroscopic effects. They usually turned one way. I believe the sopwith camel had this kind of engine, without a throttle, just an on/off switch. Power was controlled by blipping the switch.
March 14, 2014 02:27PM
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