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Old 03-18-2017, 02:43 AM   #34 (permalink)
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I am not very interested in different technology engines. Please comment on why this concept won't work or why it could and what can improve. If there is something similar or very relevant please let us know.
Here's a one word answer : Hysteresis.

I think the picture of the con rod bent in half says it all. Are we talking about an I-beam or H-beam con rod.

What is to be gained over offsetting the wrist pin in the piston??

The only thing I can see surviving in that environment would be a sintered-metal 3D printed nano-scale structured beam that is rigid in X and Y but compressible in Z (for certain values of X,Y and Z).
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