4 Cylinder Gas Powered Engine - Gyroscope.com

This is a 4 cylinder "tumbling spider" gas power engine. This engine is based on aircraft engines tested in the 40's and 30's. These engines were particularly interesting as replacements for radial engines because they took up less space (had a smaller diameter). They have a swash plate rather than crank shaft.

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[iloveeverything219]

Can someone explain me how this works ? Or at least give me a link ?

it looks very interesting,

[gyroscopes]

@iloveeverything219 4 cylinders. All 2 stoke. No crank, just a swash/wobble plate. So it is just like a 4 cylinder inline 2 stroke apart from the fact that the cylinders have been put into a 2x2 shape and a wobble/swasg plate used.

[bloodreighn]

Seam liek a Very noisy engine, whats its power to weight ratio like compared to similar CC and strokes of a inline 4?

[gyroscopes]

@bloodreighn similar. very little difference if any.

[curtis133]

one mans trash is another mans treasure right ^^, neat model! just running on air for now or am i missing something?

[gyroscopes]

@curtis133 it is running on gas not air.

[gyroscopes]

@reabizer The pistons are close together and not in a line. no crank just a plate.

[gyroscopes]

@hecklovetch yes there was a few examples. Don't know the models.

[gooseknack]

@intj123 It's a cross between a wobble plate and a swash plate engine!

[bundawartini]

Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing These engines were particularly interesting as replacements for radial engines because they took up less space

[EvilDaveInc]

It looks like some of the older Japanese automotive ac compressor with the case cut off.

[crazyfvck]

You know.. I thought about this a long time ago when I took apart an A/C compressor from my car. My automotive teacher at the time didn't think it would work though, so I never gave it another thought. Damn.