“Wobble Plates, Swash Plates, & Dynacams…Oh My”

Make sure you allow sufficient time for all the excellent animations to load:

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POWER/unusualICeng/axial-ICeng/axial-IC.htm#b

Interesting to see that the engine is presently used in torpedoes, clever stuff.

/Head asplodes!

facinating

Some of these are just hilariously complicated

Looks almost Suess-ical!

I love the Trebert axial engine....

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

napier deltic

They have a cut away version at the national railway museum in york UK. Seen it.. Cool as hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1QSUkFh4Cs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEbztw3pW3A&feature=related

I could stare at the animation of that Marchetti cam engine for hours hahaha.

And the Atkinson one with the longer exhaust/power stroke than compression stroke is incredible...how did he come up with that?

skruffy wrote: Some of these are just hilariously complicated

I'd call that the contankerous bambosaller!!

I bet setting the timing on that is a real PITA!

Chris Rummel

skruffy wrote: Some of these are just hilariously complicated

Betcha that thing has some wicked vibration problems.

Shawn