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Originally Posted by darcane
Um, so it's essentially a fancy version of a Scotch Yoke piston engine...
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Yeah, Scotch yokes and cam driven pistons and such have been around forever, but they suffered unacceptable friction losses and/or durability issues; I don't see that failure mode in this version.
P.S. The Sytec is neat too, but "limited" funds are the hold-up? They had over 1.5 million to spend every year for 22 years...
Actually Neil should have said this design replaces the connecting rod; it's crankshaft could still arguably be called a crankshaft but more accurately a camshaft.