"Berang" (berang)
06/29/2016 at 05:13 • Filed to: adams-farwell, hour rule
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"Berang" (berang)
06/29/2016 at 05:13 • Filed to: adams-farwell, hour rule | 3
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Here’s a car with a radial rotary engine. Pistons that spin!
Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 05:19 |
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That looks safe.
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Berang
> Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
06/29/2016 at 05:23 |
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Having the entire outside of the engine spin around is perfectly safe...
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Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 05:28 |
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This thing must have a massive inertia!
Too bad they don’t show how the power is transmitted to the gearbox.
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Berang
> Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
06/29/2016 at 05:34 |
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Apparently through a bevel gear and chain drive. Although I can’t find any good pics of it.
kanadanmajava1
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 06:30 |
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Awesome! Pre-war engineers had plenty of out of the box ideas. Maybe there even wasn’t a box yet.
Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 07:13 |
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It would me more tippy in right turns than left turns. That would be disconcerting
PartyPooper2012
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 07:28 |
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So obviously if you stick your hand in the engine compartment, it will rim your arm off.
Is the 5 piston compartments exposed for air cooling?
Is there a way to put a cover over it to avoid involuntary amputations?
I am more than certain there are ways to make this safer... but is this engine more efficient compared to gas engines of the era?
Hermann
> kanadanmajava1
06/29/2016 at 07:43 |
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I think that’s mainly it. There was no real standard. They all based the design around carriages and went from there to put engines and steering.
Pretty much like Smartphones before the iPhone. There were some pretty interesting designs that had very obvious flaws but are pretty cool if you look at them now.
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Berang
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2016 at 08:46 |
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The video shows the engine compartment has a hood.
As for the reasoning behind the engine - the engine could be lighter because it didn’t need a flywheel, since the whole engine was the flywheel. And the engine would run smoother because in effect there are no reciprocating parts - the crankshaft is stationary - and most of the moving mass is spinning instead of hammering up and down.
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Berang
> Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius
06/29/2016 at 08:46 |
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Needs a second engine running in the opposite direction.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 09:02 |
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Adams Farwell came
this close
to being extincted and almost forgotten about. We’re lucky to have even one that runs.
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Berang
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/29/2016 at 09:07 |
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There are so many cool cars which are lost today... but most of them were not as exciting as this.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 09:10 |
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All it took was one guy in the past saying “An ass-engined brass age car with a spinning death mill under the seat? GIMME”
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Berang
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/29/2016 at 09:13 |
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Well now I’m wondering if there are any rear-engined Lamberts still around.
There are at least several FR ones still around.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 09:24 |
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The 1910s car other than the Adams Farwell which has most attracted my attention is the GWK, and there do seem to be a handful of them left. Might be as many as three running - I found a website saying 11 remain, and this one, a red one, and a gray later one all appear in some pictures suggesting they might.
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PartyPooper2012
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 09:25 |
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So you’re saying, someone with enough engine engineering, should revisit this concept and maybe improve on it.
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Berang
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2016 at 09:33 |
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Probably not. By the end of WWI the limit of this sort of engine had pretty much been found in aviation use. There is a limit on how fast these engines can turn, because unlike a conventional engine where only simple, solid parts are spinning, these engines have lots of complicated, tiny bits, all flying around since the whole engine is spinning. They also need a total-loss lubrication system which would never fly with today’s environmental regulations.
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PartyPooper2012
> Berang
06/29/2016 at 09:40 |
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alright. probably not then. Still a pretty cool engine and would love to drive one to see how it does