Akroyd's engine sounds more like a glow plug model airplane engine - you heat the glow plug for starting the engine, then the combustion heat keeps the plug hot enough to support combustion on the next compression stroke. Contrast this with a Diesel model airplane engine that only has a screw on the top of the cylinder head to adjust the amount of compression. They are started with ether - very easy to ignite with a little compression heat.
On 11/2/05, John Ervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher McCann wrote: > > > Thoughts? > > Akroyd's engine was designed to run on vaporized fuel, while Diesel's engine > used liquid injected directly into the combustion chamber. They are both > compression-ignition engines, but the mechanics involved are different. > > -- -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/
