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« on: February 12 2016, 11:03:11 AM »
Rich posted an interesting article:

http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/bangshift1320-tech-stories/deep-tech-compensating-for-the-dozens-of-variable-that-affect-engine-balance-requires-serious-research-and-experimentation/


And I'm reading "IF cylinders were directly opposed ...counterweig hts...etc... "
Hmmm, never thought about it,... Subaru?...
YEP:


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Re: Engine Balance
« Reply #1 on: February 12 2016, 09:29:28 PM »
Or Porsche

Though it quite interesting.
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Re: Engine Balance
« Reply #2 on: February 12 2016, 10:12:33 PM »
Is that just the engines for the boxer or all of them?
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« Reply #3 on: February 13 2016, 04:23:17 AM »
I'm pretty sure the 911 Porsche has an apposed arrangement but the 928 is a v8. As you can see these are older models. I'm not even sure about newer stuff. I always liked those two models.
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Re: Engine Balance
« Reply #4 on: February 13 2016, 05:39:15 AM »
That was a good read.  Thanks for sharing Rich!  I'm not certain but believe the horizontally opposed engine was designed by a German individual. I do know that BMW used an opposed engine in some of their cars. And I can't think of any production piston aircraft that don't use a horizontally opposed engine.
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Re: Engine Balance
« Reply #5 on: February 13 2016, 09:23:12 AM »
Didn't some of those old 70s small planes(Cherokee maybe) have the valve covers sick out the side behind the propeller? Maybe they were radial, I'm not real up on aircraft.

I thought it a cool article on a subject I don't know too much about. Funny how there is so much knowledge out there we would never be exposed to without the interwebz.
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