Friend of mine just sent me this link.


Wonder if they'll ever make it into cars.

 

Lets see one with a turbo on it

 

Looks complicated to me lol.

 

They claim a crank etc is heavy....

The rotating assembly in that would be heavy by comparison, especially centripetal forces pushing the pistons/rods/liners outwards. Can only ever see that as a low rpm unit, and with fixed ports very limited control over airflow in/out of the engine. Again limiting it's efficient operating rpm.

 

I actually watched that same vid yesterday. Interesting

 

Sounds pretty shite.

 

In a fuel economy and hybrid driven motoring market I don't see the point in it.

Hardly going to be a fast rev'er with that huge rotating mass. I imagine it could be fairly smooth once upto speed though.

 

The Mighty yet Tiny engine seems more of a novel concept. But still seems more aimed at low or constant rpm usage.

But that in itself is no bad thing. If a fuel based engine could be developed to make power with very low fuel consumption, maybe it could end up being more efficient at generating electrical power for use rather than worrying about directly using the rotation parts to drive a vehicle.

I think any such technology is a long way off though