Napier Deltic gets my vote for the all time best IC engine.

alistair

On 11-Mar-11, at 10:32 AM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 01:06 PM 3/11/2011, Richard A Jones wrote:
>> If this has been posted, my search didn't uncover it.  It is
>> pretty interesting--ex-VW engineer, boxer engine.  Our Vanagons
>> should last long enough to get one of these.
>
> I don't remember if it's been posted here, but it isn't totally
> new.  The principle is well tested in service from at least the '40s
> - here's a link to an animation of a Napier Deltic marine engine,
> accompanied by the sound of a Deltic-powered locomotive:
> http://rowla.dyndns.org/justin/img/piston_deltic320.mpg
>
> Yours,
> d