Inner view of a working four stroke engine

That's the inner view a four stroke airplane engine captured in an aircraft museum in Rio e Janeiro, Brazil.

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[Unclejohn27]

It is a V12.

[Unclejohn27]

I don't think it is, buddy.

[logwind]

very cool! engines are amazing pieces of engineering.

[madhatter5353]

V12 baby.

[MsJfraser]

Without seeing the entire engine, it's challenging to say what it is. It looks like a Merlin (v12, 27L), which had forked rods and four valves/cylinder.

[marklandynut]

Its a V12 for sure. Look at the rods and you will see they are forked on the crankshaft with a second rod in the middle of the fork . These second rods go to the pistons in the other bank of the engine. This design keeps the pistons on both banks in line instead of being slightly staggered (as with a normal V8) and means the engine is a bit shorter.

[WILDSTAR1606]

ABSOLUTELY!!! V 12

[Bajesus042]

they're saying its v12 but its a strait 6 right?

[madjimms]

I was kind of expecting a "working" view, but a non "working" view is still almost cool....

[doctim11]

That's not a Merlin, is it?

[dankessss]

oł jeee its a v12

[wapperott]

Ive been thinking of how you could make a 3 stroke engine that would be cool