Re:A radically new type of engine
by ams6110 on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @08:48PM
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Yeah I was pretty sure I'd seen that concept somewhere before. It looks cool, but certainly not "different" enough from any other piston engine design to not have been conceived and tried by now. Thanks.
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Re:A radically new type of engine
by stevejohnson on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @11:09PM
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It seems like the difference is how the pistons are fired. There's no fuel lost when you spontaneously start and stop the pistons with electricity, so you can only run X at a time and get better fuel economy when you don't need all the available horsepower.