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Minor aside to that; the US army just awarded a contract to Cummins to complete development of their new 2 stroke opposed piston engines. https://www.cummins.c
by somerandomqaguy 5y ago
Minor aside to that; the US army just awarded a contract to Cummins to complete development of their new 2 stroke opposed piston engines.
https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2021/07/30/us-army-awards-cummins-inc-87m-contract-deliver-advanced-combat-engine https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2021/07/30/us-army-awa...
Cummins and Achates Power was supposed to have delivered two working prototype engines to the US Army's TARDEC to be installed into a Bradley for evaluations in 2019. I'm assuming that they testing went well enough to prove that the engines are viable enough for further development.
Uncertain if the technology will ever meander it's way to regular car market, but interesting to see ICE development continue on.
- ficklepickle 5y agoOld 2 stroke diesels can start running backwards eg. If you nearly stall it. Blows the air filter off and starts sucking in air thru the exhaust.