The Old Guy Posted February 6, 2002 Share Posted February 6, 2002 I am looking for info on the free piston engine of the fifties??? Dies anyone out there have anything? drawings, articles pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Here is a link to a web page for free piston engines. <A HREF="http://www.arminwitt.de/fsqu01.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.arminwitt.de/fsqu01.htm</A> <BR>Are you refering to a Wankle (spell check) rotary engine? If you search <A HREF="http://www.google.com" TARGET=_blank>www.google.com</A> you can break it down into a search string that looks like this. "free piston"+"engine"+"1950" etc... Good luck. I have a friend that has passed away that worked for years at Gleason Works in Rochester, NY on rotary engine technology. Specificall, he worked on a type of head. I remember he was tinkering with milling this head as to change the displacement in whatever chamber this head created. He was able to radically change brake horsepower with very minor adjustments. It kept him busy for 25 years. I was fasinated at the time, but that was quite a few years ago. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Guy Posted February 12, 2002 Author Share Posted February 12, 2002 Thank you!! I am one of the engine techs for the BCA on straight eights an nail heads and I received a call about a "free piston" engine. I had heard of them ,but knew nothing about them. I told the gentleman I would see what I could find ,and you are a life saver. <BR> Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 There is a short blurb in Marks Standard Handbook For Mechanical Engineers under the "sources of energy" chapter. Basically the engine used the Stirling Engine cycle and a mention is made of GM's involvement in producing prototype engines for the Navy. <P>The chapter was written by a gent named Erich A. Farber. He is listed as the director of the Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Lab at the University of Florida. You could try giving the University a call and see if he is still around. You could also try a search for "Hot Air Engines" on the web as that more aptly describes Stirling process engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 If you go to google.com and Q: free piston engine, you come up with major Stirling pages. A lot of INFO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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