Jeff Wisnia wrote:

A small alcohol burner was positioned so that its flame was adjacent to
that valve. The valve pivoted open when the piston was moving away from
TDC, sucking hot gases into the cylinder.

You call this engine-type "flame licker". We call it "flame eater".
A more sophisticated name is "vacuum engine".
Yes, they run very fast, but have no power at all. Their overall
efficency is about 0,5%.


Nick
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