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The Michell swash disc (plate) mechanism is the simplest and most effective of all the crankless designs.
This is confirmed by its continued use in the A/C compressor.
(Most others used con-rods & knuckles etc. Not KISS)
Most of the crankless engines are 4 strokes with quite complicated systems for driving cams and valve gear.
Old mate, in the video, built a simple two stroke that even P.E.I hadn't considered.
Reasons I like this:
Double ended piston provides linear piston movement in the bore. Side thrusts are addressed by the bearing.
Crank lubrication is separated from the combustion chamber.
Bottom end of piston (reed valve pump) provides effective transfer efficiency at low revs.
A modern version of this engine, using current metallurgy and two stroke porting technology would be compact,
incredibly smooth, efficient and powerful at reasonable rpm and amazingly powerful at whatever the peak rpm might be.
A racing version could have additional intake reeds in the transfers, to be operated by expansion chambers.
A 3 cyl touring engine could be fine with a 3 into 1 manifolded exhaust system.
Cheers, Daryl.
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