Author Topic: How starmotor works? (Read 483 times)

Xjazz · « **on:** March 07, 2001, 08:26:00 AM »

If somebody dont know how it works, check site below. Prety good animation etc.
http://www.cke-tech.com/RE_animation.htm

Xjazz

Staga · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2001, 08:40:00 AM »

Cool looking animation

In older radial-engines one of the connection rods were solid master-rod (just like in cars) where other rods were connected in its bearing-frame.

edit: Added link: http://cincinnati.com/ageless/faq.html

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Staga · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2001, 08:53:00 AM »

Another fine link: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/engine.htm

Sancho · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2001, 09:39:00 AM »

Fascinating stuff! I've never seen what the inside of one a radial engine in motion looks like. For the Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp R-2800, they used 2 rows of 9 cylinders instead of the single row of 5 in the page linked above.

Why didn't they do a triple or quadruple row radial for even more power? Why are there odd numbers of cylinders used?

juzz · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2001, 10:21:00 AM »

The P&W R-4360 "Wasp Major" had 28 cylinders in 4 rows.

Staga · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2001, 10:45:00 AM »

Sancho check that link I posted: http://cincinnati.com/ageless/faq.html
Theres reason why theres always 5/7/9 cylinders in a row

Staga · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2001, 10:52:00 AM »

Some nice links (Yeah I love engines

):

Bristol Centaurus

Here you'll find some info about Napier Sabre

And little about sleeve-valve engines and history

Heres nice picture showing how sleeve-valves worked in Tempest/Typhoon's Napier Sabre or Bristol engines (some RR's got them too?).

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