Originally Posted by
Frits Overmars
Yep. But there's one problem you'll need to solve: the ring gap can't be just anywhere, not if you wish to keep the piston ring in one piece.
How can you make sure that the piston doesn't unscrew itself, and that after unscrewing the piston and screwing it back on, the ring gap will still be in the same place?
I haven't found a solution yet, but I did think of a way to circumvent the problem: Using a split guidance for the epicycloid con rod will allow you to make the piston and con rod in one piece.
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