Dynacam
George, I thinkyou are getting your engines confused.
What you seem to be describing is known as a Scotch yoke engine. They are Horozontantly opposed like a Lyc or Cont or VW etc. Cylinders run at right angle to crank, use a one piece rod that attaches to both pistons, and the crank pin rides in a slot in the rod.
The Dynacam uses a cylinder arrangement like someone posted above--------bullet chambers in a revolver. two sets of them, an a common shaft that is the engines "crankshaft". Pistons are long double ended things with a slot in it that drives the "wavy disc" looking cam (to impart the linier motion of the pistons and change it to rotational motion of the output shaft), as the pistons oscillate back and forth between the two combustion chambers at the ends of each cylinder.
Odd thingie, looks like a turbine at first glance.
Mike
Last edited by Mike S : 01-19-2006 at 01:48 PM.
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, but in my minds eye, as I was thinking about it, I was thinking of what Milt posted above, I just discribed it poorly. Anyway I think they flew the thing, what happend to it? G
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