Pretty clever...
It's one of those "What If...." scenarios where the thinking goes "What if I replaced the internal combustion mechanism (pistons driven by expanding gas) with something else that pushed the connecting rods down to turn the crankshaft?".
See for yourself.....
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
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<i>The Fisher Saga</i> Continues - Act III -
Been working on this post since right after Thanksgiving. I'm making very good progress on the Fisher, and will most likely power it up...
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Yawn....just more Kabuki Theater, but interesting reading, nonetheless. Read All About It Here.....
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Thinking about getting some more 22LR for my little Marlin semi-auto. I already have a good stock of 22LR, but they're all Wolf and Fio...
That's cool!! There are some talented people out there.
ReplyDeleteGlad I got to see it before the oil companies buy it OR the guy that built it dies in a car crash on a cold rainy night out in the middle of no where.
VERY cool. I don't know about the torque rating, nor about its longevity if asked to actually propel a vehicle, but still ... :)
ReplyDeleteTurns out these are quite popular.
ReplyDeleteI've seen 5 and 7-cylinder radials, V-12's, V-Twins (like a Harley), and even a single cylinder.
They're efficiency is very low, and power/torque aren't very high, but it's an interesting play thing.
You answered my question with your last comment... :-)
ReplyDeleteI knew I should have watched this when I first saw the post.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and way cool.
I see it still has a tiny little cam shaft in it to keep the "firing order" straight!
That must have taken some serious skill to grind that little puppy.