On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Faure, Marin wrote:
:Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:18:45 +0100
:From: "Steve Mace" <steve@solwise.co.uk>
:Subject: Re: LRO: New Guy or All about Joe
:
:>Some engineer told me a long time ago that the most inherantly vibration free
:engine design is a straight six... To do with the period the cylinders
:reciprocate at.
:
:I've heard this many times, too. The only thing smoother than a straight six
:is a V-12.
Fans of non-reciprocating engines, like Wankels and gas turbines, laugh at
statements like that, of course.
-- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad.
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