Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities

Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by jondumbau on Sunday August 12, 2018 @08:07PM (#17747186)

The temporary 2 stroke idea doesn't sound very well cooked. Fine control over the valves is great, but the exhaust and other aspects of the engine need to be tuned for that use case.

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Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by jondumbau on Sunday August 12, 2018 @08:08PM (#17747196)

Also the "2 strokes are the future" remark seems a bit off too. The future of enduro bikes and chainsaws maybe.

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Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by Fjolsvith on Sunday August 12, 2018 @11:27PM (#17747857)

Yeah, this idea is just in time for the all-electric revolution.

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Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by King-Aaron on Sunday August 12, 2018 @11:49PM (#17747903)

The "all-electric' revolution you've got in mind is likely much further away than you expect. There will be a market for internal combustion engines for many more decades before all-electric vehicles can replace the markets in areas that are more remote, or require long hauling vehicles etc.

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Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by londons_explore on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:02AM (#17748466)

Yes, but like the hard drive market, as soon as a replacement technology comes over the horizon, all investment in improvements to the existing tech pretty much stops.

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Re:Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities by jondumbau on Sunday August 12, 2018 @11:54PM (#17747918)

agree. but you can barely get a 2 stroke passed the existing emission laws, and they're not generally in use in motor racing outside of enduro. ¯\(°_o)/¯

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