More than one might, at first thought, believe.
Many aviation engines are inverted, as that increases propeller tip
clearance to the earth.
Look up the ever popular De Havilland Gypsy II, 4 cylinder, vertical,
air cooled, in line, direct drive, wet sump, 114mm bore, 140mm stroke,
5713 cc, rated 108-110 hp at 2000 rpm. 5.2 compression, weight 298 lbs,
burning 6.75 gal/hour @2000 rpm and 1.25 pints oil.
Teasing you a bit--this is information I found in a 1941 book about av
engines, edited by E. Molloy. Molloy wrote "The well known de Havilland
range of 'Gipsy' engines are probably as familiar to all aircraft
engineers as the 'Morris' engines are to the motor-car engineer."
Bob
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:44:27 -0000 "Paul Hunt"
<paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> Erm, ask yourself how many engines are installed with the crankshaft
> above the
> combustion chamber!
> ----- Original Message -----
> This only leave the question of which way is down? From which end
> of the
> cylinder is one looking?
>
>
> "A simple way to remember which is the thrust face is that the rod
> points
> toward the thrust face on the way down the cylinder. Applies to
> any engine,
> inline or V" and I'll add "clockwise or anti-clockwise".
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