Strange Engine Designs

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 03/30/2016 at 11:07 • Filed to: None

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I love it when I fall into an internet rabbit hole.

Wobble Plate Motor

Swash Plate Motor

Trebert Axial Engine

Michel Cam Engine

Fairchild-Caminez Engine

Marchetti Cam Engine

Beck 1909 Engine

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:12

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Chariotoflove > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:12

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They look kind of like Mars lander vehicles that fell over and are trying to get up.

Azrek > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:15

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MrDakka > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:16

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That wobbleplate/swashplate engine types have been used in torpedoes and other applications

EL_ULY > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:18

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getting dizzy!

Wheelerguy > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:19

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On one hand, these don’t look like engines that can be made to a race car’s powerplant. On the other hand, I would love to make these work on an ultra high-performance environment and win Petit Le Mans with it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:21

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Commer.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:29

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more fun...

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/30/2016 at 11:30

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Disappointed they didn’t call it a rexob....

AkursedX > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:34

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I love all of these engines. But of course I would as I own a rotary and a boxer.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:34

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I feel like the beck 1909 engine would be great in a car if applied right....

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 11:50

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even more fun....

so. much. FUN!

Jcarr > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 03/30/2016 at 11:52

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Where do people come up with these ideas? Crazy.

-this space for rent- > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 12:15

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The wobble plate and swash plate designs are used for many an A/C compressor.

Roundbadge > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/30/2016 at 12:16

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Came looking for Deltic; was not disappointed.

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/30/2016 at 12:40

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There are some questions that are only answered by “Deltic”

Top trivia: Napier designed a square version as well.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cé hé sin 03/30/2016 at 12:46

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It would also perhaps be possible to build a design with an arbitrary number of cranks and cylinders iterated off the isosceles triangle. You might have a hexagonal Deltic-based design with 12 cylinder tubes, 7 cranks, and so on.

Cé hé sin > Jcarr 03/30/2016 at 12:46

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There’s a whole lot of oddness out there...

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/30/2016 at 12:51

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Had they the funds, Napier would probably have tried as well.

Note how the bottom crank rotates in the other direction. They couldn’t make it run properly until someone figured out (using only pencil, paper and slide rule) that they had to do that.

What’s not shown in the gif is that each pair of pistons is slightly out of phase.

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/30/2016 at 12:56

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Unlike most of the designs shown they actually made these in quite large numbers.