One piston not enough? Two just getting there?

Kinja'd!!! by "Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
Published 03/08/2017 at 10:11

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Kinja'd!!! "Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
03/08/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 4

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Deltic! Need moar pistons!

Kinja'd!!! "random001" (random001)
03/08/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 2

I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little aroused....

Kinja'd!!! "PS9" (PS9)
03/08/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 1

You young’ns and your single crankshaft engines...back in my day, we had up to three! And we were thankful and lucky if even two of them worked!

Kinja'd!!! "Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
03/08/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 0

It has a hypnotic shimmy to it...

Kinja'd!!! "random001" (random001)
03/08/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 0

Word.

Kinja'd!!! "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/08/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 0

A triple flame front? WHAAAAA?!

Kinja'd!!! "nerd_racing" (nerd189)
03/08/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0

these guys are making big waves

http://achatespower.com/

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/08/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 0

Now, who can spot the error in that gif?

Kinja'd!!! "Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
03/08/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0

Referring to the counter-rotating bottom crankshaft?

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/08/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 0

Nope, although that’s a feature not well known.

The pistons should actually be slightly out of phase so that they don’t begin their inward (or outward) travel at the same time.

Kinja'd!!! "Roundbadge" (Roundbadge)
03/08/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0

I actually wondered about that. I don’t know enough about them to have known it was a thing though.

Kinja'd!!! "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/08/2017 at 14:33, STARS: 1

Discovering that one crank should contra rotate was apparently the secret to making the Deltic work.