One piston not enough? Two just getting there?

"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth) 03/08/2017 at 10:11 • Filed to: None

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Roundbadge > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 03/08/2017 at 10:16

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Deltic! Need moar pistons!

random001 > Roundbadge 03/08/2017 at 10:17

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

PS9 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 03/08/2017 at 10:18

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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!

Roundbadge > random001 03/08/2017 at 10:19

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It has a hypnotic shimmy to it...

random001 > Roundbadge 03/08/2017 at 10:19

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Word.

HammerheadFistpunch > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 03/08/2017 at 11:01

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A triple flame front? WHAAAAA?!

nerd_racing > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 03/08/2017 at 11:05

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these guys are making big waves

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Cé hé sin > Roundbadge 03/08/2017 at 12:02

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Now, who can spot the error in that gif?

Roundbadge > Cé hé sin 03/08/2017 at 12:07

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Referring to the counter-rotating bottom crankshaft?

Cé hé sin > Roundbadge 03/08/2017 at 12:10

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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.

Roundbadge > Cé hé sin 03/08/2017 at 12:11

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

Cé hé sin > Roundbadge 03/08/2017 at 14:33

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