At 01:06 PM 3/11/2011, Richard A Jones wrote: >If this has been posted, my search didn't uncover it. It is >pretty interesting--ex-VW engineer, boxer engine. Our Vanagons >should last long enough to get one of these. I don't remember if it's been posted here, but it isn't totally new. The principle is well tested in service from at least the '40s - here's a link to an animation of a Napier Deltic marine engine, accompanied by the sound of a Deltic-powered locomotive: http://rowla.dyndns.org/justin/img/piston_deltic320.mpg Yours, d |
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