![]() 02/26/2015 at 14:18 • Filed to: Engine | ![]() | ![]() |
According to Duke Engineering, their axial engine is the most efficient and lightest engine you can put in boats, light aircrafts, and generators—the mechanical engine of the (near) future!
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Looks like a swash plate engine to me. Those have been used in torpedos for years and years, though running a special self oxidizing fuel (fun fact - when exposed to air, the fuel turns into cyanide). They do have an amazingly high power density for a piston engine.
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Oh you're right, I have seen these. I was in the Marines but I have seen torpedo mechanicals in the past. Do helicopters use a similar design?