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What you describe is the Junkers Jumo 204, and the Deltic design was allegedly directly inspired by it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_204 https://
by cstross 6y ago
What you describe is the Junkers Jumo 204, and the Deltic design was allegedly directly inspired by it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_204 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_204
- jacquesm 6y agoWow, what a beast. The displacement to weight ratio is incredible, unfortunately it doesn't seem to produce a whole lot of power for all that weight, though since it is a diesel the torque is probably quite impressive (even though it is for aircraft, where engines typically are fairly low torque). Add a supercharger or a turbo assuming the pistons can stand it and this could very well still be a competitive engine. What a nice design. Thank you once again.
- Judgmentality 6y agoNot to take away from how neat that design is, but my favorite thing about that link is learning that it was manufactured by a now defunct company called Junkers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers
- jacquesm 6y agoThe English language association is a pretty negative one but in German it's just another name. Coincidentally, the house I am in right now is heated by a Junkers 'Eurostar' central heating unit. And in Polish 'Junkers' is pretty much synonymous with water heater.