Talk:Swing-piston engine

Corrections and Comments

This article contains several factual errors. To list a few....

For this role the exhaust gas was too hot to be used effectively in a turbine

Heat of a gas is part of the energy that a turbine converts to work. The hotter a gas the more effective a turbine is.

The primary problem with conventional jet engines is that the combustion takes place at constant pressure, which is considerably less efficient than in a piston engine, where it has constant volume (or close to it). The constant volume cycle extracts more power from the fuel, and therefore has better specific fuel consumption.

This is dead wrong. Heating air at constant pressure is more efficient than at constant volume. Refer to specific heat ratio. The Diesel cycle takes advantage of this to gain efficiency over the Otto cycle.
DieselDude 22:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) engine[edit]

Raphial Mogado's MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) engine links to the Swing-piston engine, yet there is no mention of this motor. Have there been attempts to add it and it was removed, or was it never mentioned? Is it a possible hoax? Thanks פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 08:51, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yo-mobil car engine[edit]

The Russian venture Yo-mobil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%81-mobile) states they have working prototype of swig-piston engine. The engine planned to be used in Yo-mobil hybrid car in 2012 year. 84.228.131.23 (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2011 (UTC)alrod999[reply]

Diagrams[edit]

This article is in desperate need of some diagrams. Can anyone who actually understands it put some together, or find some accurate/suitable ones? 130.194.80.148 (talk) 22:53, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]