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Compare with the Junkers Jumo 20x design -(one of?) the only succesful aircraft diesel engines: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_205 http://en.m.wik
by samlittlewood 16y ago
Compare with the Junkers Jumo 20x design -(one of?) the only succesful aircraft diesel engines:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_205 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_205
Also, this led to the development of the Napier Deltic which avoided having twice as many crankshafts as cylinders by arranging three cylinders in a triangle with a crankshaft at each corner:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic
These had extremely good power to weight ratios - eventually eclipsed by gas turbines.
- varjag 16y agoAs to aircraft diesels, USSR had a few bombers in its fleet equipped with diesels (TB-7). Some of them actually took bombing raids over Germany in autumn of 1941.
- sliverstorm 16y agoWas the power to weight ratio of the gas turbine the most important thing? I always understood that it was the ridiculous simplicity of the gas turbine that was so great.
- jacquesm 16y agoWhat a gorgeous machine that Jumo, incredible engineering.