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unusual facts about Straight engine


Straight engine

SAAB initially used the Triumph Slant-4 engine tilted at 45 degrees for the Saab 99, but later versions of the engine were less tilted.


CANT Z.1010

The aircraft was powered by a version of the de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cylinder inverted inline engine, licence built by Alfa Romeo, which produced 90 kW (120 hp) and drove a two blade propeller.

U engine

A U engine is a piston engine made up of two separate straight engines (complete with separate crankshafts) joined by gears or chains.


see also

I9

Straight-nine engine, a straight engine with nine cylinders, usually diesel engines used for ship propulsion