GM-10-10 engine of General Motors' XP-500 automobile, develops 250 hp and consists of two parallel cylinders, each with set of two horizontally opposed pistons; fuels ranging from high octane gasolines to bunker "C" or residual fuels can be used; although in early experimental stage, engine offers possibilities for buses, trucks and military vehicles; back and forth movement compresses air that pumps into diesel cylinder and continues to compress air which is piped into turbine. (See also Automobile Industries v 114 n 9 May 1 1956 p 54-5)


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    Titel :

    World's first automobile with free piston engine


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Diesel Power


    Erschienen in:

    Diesel Power ; 34 , n 8


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1956


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    World's first automobile with free piston engine

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