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>>>I'm also unaware of any engines in which the >crankcase revolves
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>> The Gnome rotary engine, used on several WW1 fighter aircraft. A
>>radial two-stroke, with the crank bolted to the firewall and the prop
>>bolted to the case. Fuel/air mixture was fed through the hollow crank
>>into the case.
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> Dan
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> To correct myself: The Gnome was a four-stroke. See
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> http://www.keveney.com/gnome.html
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> Dan
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The head of the museum that is running the Gnome today keeps referring
to it as a 2-stroke induction, 4-stroke cycle. What he means is really
crankcase induction, "like" many 2-stroke engines. However, since he is
head of the museum, I didn't try to correct him in the interview I
taped- I just wish he hadn't said it that way.

BTW, the museum will be selling DVDs of the run, providing we don't get
rained out this weekend.