copemech Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 A real one runs amazingly smooth, and they managed to pump out a few thousand horsepower from some models. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 A recent pic I seen of a WWI German sub control room. This was little as compared to the battleship I visited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffsgasgas Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 A recent pic I seen of a WWI German sub control room. This was little as compared to the battleship I visited.In onre of my trips to the Mrs visited a museum and it has a ww2 u boat. Apparently they color coded by then. --biff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffsgasgas Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Also had some really cool engines there too. 4000 HP radial 56 cylinder diesel http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en/ --biff Edited May 7, 2016 by biffsgasgas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Museum of flight, near Edinburgh, has a moving model radial engine that has sleeve valves. Well worth a look, but not always on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) Hi, Jack Knoops found an interesting image of a motorcycle fitted with a radial engine. A little research showed that the radial engine is an Australian ROTEC R2800 seven cylinder light aircraft model built around 2000-ish, and later superseded by an improved model in 2005. Radial engines were designed initially exclusively for the aircraft industry as a means of arranging the maximum numbers of active cylinders mounted on the minimum size (and therefore weight) of crankcase. Attached is the image that first interested Jack. sadly the initial caption is totally inaccurate, describing it as a rotary engine! Edited May 7, 2016 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pschrauber Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Well... while the sticker tells me the car / engine combination was build in Germany, the music tells me that this car was made in former east Germany. Anyway these radial engine need much space (beside for an air plane). The Finnish Navy uses speed boats with radial engines. I personal like these Lanz Bulldog 20liter one cylinder tractors a lot never thought an engine can run so slowly and still being so strong without having any hp to mention about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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