Beautiful Two-Stroke Engine Lets You Watch Its Inner Workings

Combustion of fuel — a operation that you , me and everyone else we know very much relies on — is usually hide from great deal inside that big hunk of metal called an railway locomotive . But Huib Vissier watch something beautiful in this appendage , so he build a simple engine that showcases combustion rather than concealing it .

Enter the two - stroke 1C , an engine that ’s so well craft and polished it search deserve of a spot in a museum . A meth cylinder contains the locomotive ’s white - gas fuel , push a graphite plunger to force the fly wheel . A attracter actuate the twinkle plug to pop out the ignition . If you ’d like to get good to it , jump to to 1:35 to see the thing in military action .

The equipment is not for sale ( did anyone really expect it to be ? ) but if you ’re interested in building your own , here are some instructionsto get you begin . read more about how two - slash railway locomotive workhere . [ Hackaday ]