On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:11:23 -0700, Stewart Cobb
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>And then, of course, the engine wheel has to be rigid enough to
>withstand these oscillatory torques. That's not a problem for
>helicopter rotors, because they're not rigid; the blades flap all
>over the place. But I don't think the engine wheel can be allowed
>to do that.
It's more of an engine spindle than an engine wheel. Length is at
least twice the diameter, maybe three times.
Also, the combustion is just a hollow cylinder with a couple canted
nozzles in the bottom; differential throttling would require a
complete redesign. And all the gadgetry it would take - I'm
envisioning all that hardware at a helicopter rotor head, scaled down
and spinning at 150,000 rpm, and recalling the definition of a
helicopter as a device that spends its every waking moment trying to
shake itself to death. Put all that hardware on a Bowery/Gregory
engine, and it would succeed.
At least it doesn't have a Jesus nut. :-)
-R
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