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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:11 PM Original message |
Why don't they use radial engines in cars? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. cool graphic, but I dunno... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Nah, it's still a 4-cycle cylinder engine |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Isn't there only one gear, forward, in a radial engine? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well, they'd have to to a transmission on it... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. If it made enough torque, one gear would work. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. standard engines don't reserve their rotation |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Radial engines probably have the same rev range as a regular engine |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Tesla redline is 13 or 14k. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Damn, that's fast |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just guessing here |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hmmmm... maybe too tall? |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. That was my first thought as well. n/t |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Size, I'd think |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Rotec makes a 110-hp radial that's about 32" in diameter |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. radials are air cooled. other that the VW i can't think of another successful air cooled auto engine |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, yeah... but I don't see any reason you couldn't water-cool it. |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. The only other that comes to mind is the Corvair.... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think I understand why. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Whole lotta shakin' going on? :-) |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've seen a few motorcycles with radial engines |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Sweet! |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. what about those early mazda engines |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Those rotaries never took off. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Those were rotary. Looked like this. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Check out this animated gif |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. There you go. Hard to describe in a still photo. nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. cool design |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. "piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing, boing. but the mazda goes huuummm..." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. As I recall, it's because the drive shaft is too high. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. They're a maintenance nightmare -- at least the airplane ones are. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. How so? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Radial engines can be fuel injected |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 03:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Interestingly enough... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. It would only work well in a rear-wheel drive - think flywheel. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. Here are some other more efficient designs: |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. packaging, f/r weight balance? |
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