Well, maybe, but with a helix drive you cannot transform continiously up and down translation into rotation of one direction. The helix principle was used by Coffman starters (e.g. Spifire fighters) which had to do only a few revolutions while the piston was going down. Thanks for your interest and sorry for my late answer.
It almost resembles a helix drive engine.
timextwo 1 year ago
@timextwo
Well, maybe, but with a helix drive you cannot transform continiously up and down translation into rotation of one direction. The helix principle was used by Coffman starters (e.g. Spifire fighters) which had to do only a few revolutions while the piston was going down. Thanks for your interest and sorry for my late answer.
harryolynx 1 year ago
that must take a bit of precision to get right
harry4468 2 years ago
Hallo Harry, I think the same. Unfortunately I dont know, whether it ever has been built as a ship's engine.
harryolynx 2 years ago