Ran into an image of this the other day
Do a search for some interesting reading/dreaming!
Quite the techno marvel.
Do a search for some interesting reading/dreaming!
Quite the techno marvel.
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Bistella 500 Radial
- Thread starter gggGary
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My brain is still processing how this is possible
Found a video of it running. It also shows him building the damn thing. Absolutely unreal. If you need me, I'll be here googling how to find TDC
That's RAD(ial)!
I love alternative engines. I have owned a few ‘Wankel’ Mazda motors over the years. Last one an RX8; in which I burnt a Ferrari 360 down a twisty few miles. He should have toasted me so must have been a sh*t driver, all show no go!
Hi Gary,
I once read of an aircraft designer who had a big sign in his office that said:- "Simplificate and add lightness"
I once owned a Montgomery motorcycle that only had seven moving parts in it's JAP* engine.
I reckon that a true techno marvel would use the least number of parts to do the job, not the most and
that the twin twirlmaster's designer won't find financial backing to go into production.
*J.A.Prestwich Engineering Co.
X77S
Let's do this!
Suzuki RE-5 was a wankel rotary powered motorcycle. I've kind of looked for one over the years. Would be fun to tinker with.
I think a Wankel has that beat.
X77S
Let's do this!
1 Cylinder wankel would be 2 moving parts if I'm not forgetting some kind of balance mechanism. Would be fun, except the constant need to replace apex seals.
Variation on a theme?
Variation on a theme?
That’s a new one on me! Do you think that was a factory effort? I would’ve loved to heard that run!
5 cyl. rotary built in the front wheel. An estimated 2000 were built.
This thread made me think of these. Very trick stuff in the day.
Now that’s a cool little engine!
Amazing - I just watched the Bostelaar video - move over Allen Millyard…..
Not entirely gone, but largely a thing of the past, now. Seals have come on a long way since the bad old days of them.
