New engine developed at VW
New engine developed at VW
Here's a bold experiment that started while the engineer was at VW. Thought you guys might like watching the video. http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Oppo ... d-Cylinder
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Re: New engine developed at VW
Interesting. They were claiming 40% efficiency. That is a good jump from a 4 stroke current ICE. I am not sure that the 40% was only in the diesel config or not. (Some diesels are already pushing that as an average and greater than that at peak)
Re: New engine developed at VW
That's a clever bit of engineering isn't it? Very cool, Brian. Thanks. Leroy
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G_J_Podgorski
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Our company was involved with FEV on the DARPA side of this project years ago. We designed a lightweight, high torque clutching system to engage/disengage the second engine module on demand. This was for the initial helicopter program. Interesting and pleasant group of guys to work with.
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pillowmeto
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And I was
And I was on the combustion side of things.G_J_Podgorski wrote:Our company was involved with FEV on the DARPA side of this project years ago. We designed a lightweight, high torque clutching system to engage/disengage the second engine module on demand. This was for the initial helicopter program. Interesting and pleasant group of guys to work with.