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Old 01-01-2021, 03:57 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Seems silly, to use a whole piston to do a pre-compression...
The magic is that the transfer port can be a compressed air tank. So it can run as a compressed air engine. Engine compression is ~150psi, SCUBA tanks hold 1500psi.
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