[Land-speed] Single Cylinder Engine

[Ed Weldon]

When I worked in the Thiokol Dynastar test lab 40 years ago I recall that
the guy who had the most fun was the test engineer responsible for the
single cylinder test engine.  And of all of us he was the only one who
wasn't a gearhead.  The wonderful thing about singles is that when you had
to change parts you only needed to deal with one or two instead of 4,8,or
16.  I think it had a lot to do with the gripes from the machinists like
"......_____ engineers; I hope you don't want more than one of those..."
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>; "Dave Dahlgren"
<ddahlgren at snet.net>
Cc: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Single Cylinder Engine

> We'll try several different fuels to see which makes best power. Some
> liquid and some gaseous. Ought to be fun. Lighting without spark also
> means without timing.......combustion chamber shape will be important, I
think.
> I appreciate the helpful comments.
> Skip