The five most important and innovative piston engine designs before the X104 came, which is part of gen-2. These engines mark a whole generation of progress coming from more than 25 different piston engine designs and who knows how many more failed projects.
These are one of the best and most compact piston engines on the site. All the way from my first ever functional piston engine, to the extra compact counter-rotating powerplants that fit in a 2.5x2.5 tube. It's been a great journey..
Engines from left to right (looking from the front):
Proteus - X1 "First ever functional piston engine made by me, it's controlled with VTOL"
Proteus - X2 "First piston engine to deliver the power required to fly"
Proteus - X8 "Without doubt my most beautiful engine, and a breakthrough in terms of reliability and stress reduction"
Proteus - X56 "The powerplant of the famous Challenger V, the first piston powered plane ever to break the speed of sound, it's parts were used on the Challenger VI, which is as of today the fastest piston powered plane in Simpleplanes at 950 MPH"
Proteus - X92CRP "The best compact engine of gen-1, reliable enough to be installed on a small single engine fighter plane"
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There are some engines I left out, for example the engine of the Challenger IV, because it was way too large and complex, also it wasn't quite a breakthrough, rather a mashup of previous experiences.
Specifications
Spotlights
- AudioDud3 7.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +329 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 73.8ft (22.5m)
- Length 57.2ft (17.4m)
- Height 13.5ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 17,388lbs (7,887kg)
- Loaded Weight 19,249lbs (8,731kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 18213
Parts
- Number of Parts 284
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,788
Couldn't wait!
@CDRxavier Yes it works just like the early biplane rotary engines, however it has no torque neither vibrations (if shock cowled). The only downside of the rotary is that the power is less, but I believe I only need time to fix that.
I mean, for the ground-shaking stability(vibration) nothing will do unless it is a HUGE Bi-plane. Then if that is solved, consistency. Then if that is solved, the Torque issue. Then if that is solved, the rpm issue. And if you manage to do that, boom. This will be REPLICA.
rotary piston engine??? Wow, that sounds WONDERFUL. Like the star engine they put on antique fighter planes?
@CDRxavier Is it a single engine plane? If so you're probably experiencing torque issues, You can fix this by either making a rotary piston engine,
or just strapping another engine on that rotates the other direction.
And the stability, because for now, the stability only allow me to create a bi-plane. If somehow I managed it, that would be good news to me.
I am just somehow interested in the stability of the engine...my piston plane literally is tearing itself apart
@CDRxavier What about it?
Generation 2?
@WarRaptor17 ok
@Visify check it out on my page
@WarRaptor17 That's cool! Glad to know they're being used.
@Visify I used one of the engines to make a car. Very cool
@Visify anytime
@Aviation Thnks man
@phanps Thanks
wow this is great stuff
very good and creative
@WEAPONSMITH Thanks for the spotlight dude