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radial engine
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reciprocating engine with cylinders arranged radially from a single crankshaft
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- Instance of
- engine configuration
- Image
- Radial engine.gif
- Has use
- motorcycle engine
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- Radial engines
- nominal power output
- 90
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Encyclopedic overview
Radial engine in a biplane
The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. It resembles a stylized star when viewed from the front.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “radial engine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.