Radial engine
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The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. It resembles a stylized
Radial engine in a biplane
Master rod (upright) and slaved connecting rods from a two-row, fourteen-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior
Continental radial, 1944
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial mounted in Sikorsky H-19 helicopter
Gas-turbine engine
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A gas turbine is a complete continuous-flow internal combustion engine in which air is compressed, fuel is burned in the compressed air, and the resulting hot gas expands through a turbine. The turbin
Radial engine
…the spokes of a wheel. It resembles a stylized star when viewed from the front. The radial configuration was commonly used for aircraft engines before gas turbine engines became predominant. Since the axes of the cylinders are coplanar, the connecting rods cannot all be directly attached to the crankshaft unless…
Rolls-Royce Marine Olympus gas turbine
Sketch of John Barber's gas turbine, from his patent
Typical axial-flow gas-turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage compressor on left, combustion chambers center, two-stage turbine on right.
An LM6000 in an electrical power plant application