Re: Question: Radial engines??/

[Paul Dimitre <czarpaul@ockham.stanford.edu>]

At 08:06 PM 10/11/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Just a thought that i thought some of you may be able to comment on....
>Why (besides space reasons) hasn' the radial engine taken off in cars?
>Does anyone know how efficient/good/bad/etc.. the radial design is?
>When i say radial i mean as in the old planes engines where the cylinders are
>circularly opposed.  Just a thought...

I don't know, but I would think it's just because they're so damn big. If
you had all of your cylinders opposed you wouldn't be able to see over the
engine. Also, weren't radials all aircooled?

-czarpaul

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