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Old 30-06-10, 21:58
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
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Maybe the reason is in the design, in that each power stroke happens one cyl after the next, and so is more of a continuious "Push" on the big end? (does this line of thought make any sense?) (I have never seen the internals of one) Weight saving would have been one of the main reasons that moved aero engine designers to a radial.
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