Stationary Crankshaft Radial Engine.

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 03/10/2015 at 12:25 • Filed to: None

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Where is your god now?

Seriously though, it's cool and from what my minimal google fu has told me, this is the only one left.

Enjoy.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:27

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Yep. Only one left. That particular car was originally a three-cyl and got upgraded to a five, but they offered both. One of the surviving engines survived due to being in a prototype helicopter. I posted this one a couple months ago.

Jayhawk Jake > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:29

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It's called a rotary

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jayhawk Jake 03/10/2015 at 12:33

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I imagine a replica Adams Farwell might be easier to make with another kind of rotary, just because the original engines would be hard to access and copy from rarity. I don't think anybody would gripe if you built one with a Gnome-LeRhone copy.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:33

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Last in a car, or last one?

ClassicDatsunDebate > Jayhawk Jake 03/10/2015 at 12:33

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No wonder the RX-8 is such high maintenance!

For Sweden > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:34

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The only gOD is science and dank weed

[tips fedora]

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:35

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That's a Rotary engine. A radial engine is nearly the same, but the crankshaft is not stationary. And never call a Wankel engine a rotary.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/10/2015 at 12:36

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Last car, IIRC last working engine, and there's another engine in a museum. Both engine survivors are 5-cyl, but there was a 3 offered.

crowmolly > ClassicDatsunDebate 03/10/2015 at 12:36

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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 12:36

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THIS!! So much this.

McMike > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:37

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A lot of WWI aircraft used stationary crank engines. Weird to see one in a car though.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 12:43

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But don't Wankel engines have rotors?

Jayhawk Jake > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/10/2015 at 12:43

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Someone out there must produce a replica, but if not its not like they are complicated engines

I was mostly just pointing out that a 'fixed crankshaft radial' is called a rotary

Jayhawk Jake > ClassicDatsunDebate 03/10/2015 at 12:44

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Actually, this type of rotary is likely easier to maintain than a Wankel

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:45

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E. Julius > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 12:46

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What a strange idea. Very cool though!

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready 03/10/2015 at 12:47

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Yes, but the rotors wankel, not rotate.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/10/2015 at 12:49

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There's many rotary engines in aircraft too that still are operational. WWI era and such. The propeller was attached to the cylinders.

Kevin Barrett > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 12:51

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It's a rotary radial.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 12:52

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I know. I was speaking specifically to the Adams Farwell ones. In one of my other comments I proposed building an Adams Farwell replica with a Gnome/LeRhone because there are so many of them.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Kevin Barrett 03/10/2015 at 12:53

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_en…

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Jayhawk Jake 03/10/2015 at 12:59

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According to Popular Mechanics , it is a radial.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 13:01

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In a car, I should say.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 13:02

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Oh. That narrows it down then.

450X_FTW > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 13:02

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Needed some google images to wrap my head around it. That is one unique design

Jayhawk Jake > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 13:34

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Not to be a dickish pedant, but it's a rotary. Popular mechanics is being weird and ambiguous, likely to keep people from thinking they mean a Wankel

http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/ar…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams-Far…

ClassicDatsunDebate > crowmolly 03/10/2015 at 13:39

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LOL...took me a minute.

Grindintosecond > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 03/10/2015 at 13:39

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Radial configuration, Rotary operation. Radial engines describe the cylinder arrangement, the Rotary describes the opertaion. Check out the LeRhone roatry engines from WW1. Prop on engine, engine crank to firewall, the engine rotates around the crank therefore a rotary engine.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Jayhawk Jake 03/10/2015 at 13:55

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It doesn't look like a Wankel. Looks different from all of the Wankel diagrams I've seen in the past. A bit more primitive.

Kevin Barrett > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/10/2015 at 15:17

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In the biz we call it a rotary radial, except, lately we don't call it anything because they aren't around anymore.