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)
World's first automobile with free piston engine
Diesel Power
Diesel Power ; 34 , n 8
1956
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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