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Diesel_Dave · 03-28-2013, 10:56 AM

To give you an idea of how big flywheels need to be for single cylinder engines, here you go:

I got to see one of these run in person once. Quite the sight. Each flywheel is about 6 ft in diameter.

03-28-2013, 10:56 AM	#12 (permalink)
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