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A radically new type of engine
- fcghjk 17y agoIt's been done (better) 60years ago - look up 'Deltic'
- electromagnetic 17y agoAs for new, this engine design goes well back to steam engines. Hardly new.
- ams6110 17y agoYeah I was pretty sure I'd seen that concept somewhere before. It looks cool, but certainly not "different" enough from any other piston engine design to not have been conceived and tried by now. Thanks.
- stevejohnson 17y agoIt seems like the difference is how the pistons are fired. There's no fuel lost when you spontaneously start and stop the pistons with electricity, so you can only run X at a time and get better fuel economy when you don't need all the available horsepower.
- stcredzero 17y agoThe fact that it's not so new is a big advantage. It can take advantage of industrial infrastructure and the economies of scale developed for existing piston engines.
- DougBTX 17y agoA single crankshaft is probably more practical for small cars.
- ecaradec 17y agoGood to know that most ideas didn't have a real look : "In most cases, I simply deleted each release and went on with my work." I was just asking myself why we are still locked with petrol engines...
- aarongough 17y agoIt looks like a beautiful piece of engineering! I hope they are able to find a viable niche for it and push it to market!
- humbledrone 17y agoI sure wish those animations would loop. I guess I'll just cross my fingers and hope the engine is eventually featured on animatedengines.com!
- DougBTX 17y agoYou can download from http://www.blogcdn.com/videos/www.autoblog.com/897.flv http://www.blogcdn.com/videos/www.autoblog.com/897.flv then play in a loop using VLC. (Though yes, looping without faffing about would be great.)
- moron4hire 17y agohow is this different from a flat-twin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-twin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-twin
- storborg 17y agoThere are two opposing pistons in each cylinder. This enables the power of a 2-stroke engine, but without the horrible emissions and inefficiency normally inherent in a 2-stroke engine, and without the valvetrain complexity of a 4-stroke.
- ars 17y agoI remember hearing about this, and the problem was wear on the moving parts. The engine does not last long enough.
- learnalist 17y agoHow can they call this a radically new type of engine when it is still ran on petrol / diesel ( ie fossil fuel )?