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1 posted on 10/25/2012 9:35:49 AM PDT by JerseyanExile
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That a pretty large medium or heavy duty Diesel on the left.


2 posted on 10/25/2012 9:42:43 AM PDT by Paladin2
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bookmark


3 posted on 10/25/2012 10:15:23 AM PDT by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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Here's another unconventional engine.

They have one of these from WW1 days at the Dayton Air Force Museum.

It had a super low weight to horsepower ratio, especially for it's day. Really cool!

4 posted on 10/25/2012 10:18:08 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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Engineering ping


5 posted on 10/25/2012 10:19:09 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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BFL


7 posted on 10/25/2012 10:21:28 AM PDT by zeugma (Rid the world of those savages. - Dorothy Woods, widow of a Navy Seal, AMEN!)
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an combustion cycle
an fuel injection event

Somebody please clue me in again on what the rules are for "an" versus "a".

8 posted on 10/25/2012 10:26:45 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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bkmk


9 posted on 10/25/2012 10:26:51 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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These alternative engines never seem to make it to market or if they do, they have big problems (Wankel and Orbital).


11 posted on 10/25/2012 10:31:55 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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LiquidPiston, Inc. develops internal combustion engines based on an innovative thermodynamic cycle, increasing average efficiency over conventional diesel engines from less than 20% to more than 50% under typical operating modes. LiquidPiston engines are compact, quiet and powerful, with a lower total carbon footprint for environmental sustainability. The engines are also multi-fuel capable.


12 posted on 10/25/2012 10:52:52 AM PDT by bmwcyle
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For those of us not really on the ball about engine tech, I present the “Turbo Encabulator” video, to explain things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag


13 posted on 10/25/2012 11:05:16 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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I’d like to see it in operation since for all it appears to be a lobed engine. Maybe they have something but lets see it run.


15 posted on 10/25/2012 11:15:20 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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Been done better actually..

http://www.angellabsllc.com/mytengine.html


16 posted on 10/25/2012 11:24:40 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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Find me a better way to fit 1000BHp under the hood of my 1978 Camaro and I'm in...

Until then, all you did was invent a better lawn mower motor...

17 posted on 10/25/2012 11:25:02 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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Years ago I got to ride in a Mazda with a Wankel engine. Accelration was very smooth and the car was “quick” (if not all that fast).

But it was brand new.Those engines wore out real fast.


18 posted on 10/25/2012 11:55:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Popular Science reports on a lot of tantalizing technology that never makes it to market. I’d like to have one of those motors in my flying car.


19 posted on 10/25/2012 12:13:41 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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bump


20 posted on 10/25/2012 12:17:18 PM PDT by thinden
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My 1979 “aspirated” RX-7 was a blast. I gave it away when I left Chandler. Just a thought to share.


25 posted on 10/25/2012 5:00:33 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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Thanks for the post & the ping, respectively! Really cool!


32 posted on 10/26/2012 7:50:53 PM PDT by neverdem ( Xin loi min oi)
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Hey, I was looking at this idea back in the '70s, only with steam as the pressurized fluid. I figured if it was such a hot idea, someone would have already done it.

It was like my idea of using a pump jet, like on a jet ski to drive a sailboat. Without the prop, it would cut down the drag, and eliminate the torque effect at the stern when backing during docking maneuvers... With the explosion of jet skies, the technology was there.

Over and above, you could shift the power pack farther forward, since the drive shaft length and angle was no longer a limiting factor, to improve the boat's center of gravity, center of buoyancy and the CL of thrust on the rudder, as well as engine cooling.

But, what do I know?

34 posted on 10/26/2012 11:05:10 PM PDT by jonascord (Democrats are the people on the Left Side of the IQ Bell Curve.)
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Had an ad for this pop up on Facebook. It’s been over 10 years since this thread was posted and the company is still looking for investors?! Seems like they would be taking over the world by now.

Just saying...


35 posted on 03/03/2023 6:53:16 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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