Radial aircraft Conrods

[IJ.]

 

[SupraMario]

I'm sure my father or my friend would know what the hell that is, but I'm lost.

 

[IJ.]

It's just the crank and conrod from an aircraft motor we were discussing it in another thread.

They use a master rod and the rest are connected to that.

The cylinders are in a circle around the crankcase.

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

I've never searched for one, but has anyone ever put an engine like that into a car?

 

[IJ.]

Yep I think I remember seeing one

But here's something even more nuts than that!

 

[suprahero]

He used it as a front wheeel?..................

 

[SupraMario]

Cool looking, functional? Not so much.

 

[OneJoeZee]

Looks like a ferris wheel.

 

[Yellow 13]

How are the valves opened? Push rods I'm guessing.

 

[Quin]

Cool looking, functional? Not so much.

Aren't airplane motors usual damn powerful? And bikes weigh almost nothing? Shouldn't that bike be fast, following that logic? I could be wrong, but I distinctly remember reading several examples of airplane motors having ~1000hp

 

[figgie]

Aren't airplane motors usual damn powerful? And bikes weigh almost nothing? Shouldn't that bike be fast, following that logic? I could be wrong, but I distinctly remember reading several examples of airplane motors having ~1000hp

no

they are not high spinning engines. What they are is chuck full of Torque.

 

[Quin]

My bad I guess

 

[figgie]

My bad I guess

well no

you still ahve to control the power somehow. Remember, the boke will want to stay put. At high TQ values at low rpm equals bike flipping made easy.

 

[88redma70]

:sarcasm:wow i guess you learn something new everday

 

[IJ.]

:sarcasm:wow i guess you learn something new everday

Each and every day

 

[Poodles]

they're very powerful, yes, but packaging them into a car is tough...

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

So one of the cylinders gets the "master rod" (i.e. the thicker one that's fixed at the crank)? If that's right is there something special about that particular cylinder? It seems to me it couldn't work like that... I might have to take a look at howstuffworks.com, because me head's starting to hurt...


EDIT: It's so clear to me now!

http://science.howstuffworks.com/radial-engine2.htm





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[SupraMario]

well no

you still ahve to control the power somehow. Remember, the boke will want to stay put. At high TQ values at low rpm equals bike flipping made easy.

My post stands as it is. functional is a -1.:biglaugh:

 

[TurboWarrior]

After looking at how the engine works. A misfire or a dead cylinder would be death would it not? I don't see how it could keep moving with even 1 dead cylinder.

 

[IJ.]

TW: There are many accounts of motors during WW2 having an entire cylinder shot off and making it back to base
(Pilots loved aircooled motors for ground attack missions)