How about a rotary engine that doest take those delicate graphite seals? Long story short I had one via my lil brother that only had 1 working cell and still put out enough HP to go 85mph.
Jeromie Kurt Nolte wrote: > You know, reading that and several other concepts and proven designs > has put an idea into my head. > > I was doing some library research earlier today, and stumbled across > the Deltic opposed piston engines. I looked into those, and was just > utterly floored. "Like, whoa." is what the guy sitting beside me in > the library told me I said. Those things rocked in some serious ways, > with only a really complicated crankshaft balancing system keeping > them from being really workable on a widespread basis. Ideas > immediately started pouring through my head on how to revive the OP > engine design. > > Then I log on to check my e-mail, and see this. "Like, whoa" all over > again. I read everything they have on their site. And the thought hits me. > > A cam-driven opposed cylinder engine. Cam at one end, cam at the > other, 12 cylinders in a round block, 24 pistons riding the two cams. > Utterly and completely removes the crankshaft synching issues inherent > to the OP design. Low/No exhaust pulse, no valve rattle, no valve > timing, drastic moving parts reduction, size reduction, no flywheel > needed; with all the reciprocation operating in a front-back > orientation, there wouldn't really be any piston pulse to deaden; the > mass of the car would do it just fine. Smooth, even rotations, > approximately 12 power strokes per revolution to even out the power > application. Use small bore/long throw pistons in your cylinders and > it would probably even be more incredibly efficient than an inline > 3-cylinder. > > It would be perfect for that "slow burn" combustion of compression > ignition engines. > > Perfect for diesel. Even more perfect for BD. > > I want to build it. I <i>need</i> to build this. > > And all I can think now is "God I'm a geek" :p > > -Kurt > > On 10/15/05, *Greg and April* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > *Prototype 42 hp Engine* > > * 6 inches dia. > * 6 inches long > * 42 hp at 7000 rpm > * 40lbs. > * Tested at NAVAIR PSEF Oct. 2003 > > http://www.regtech.com/18.html > > Greg H. > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
