Surprised they are not using linear opposed piston crankshaftless generators to make an extended range EV aircraft.

Smaller, lighter, simpler, cheaper, and more flexible about fuel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeG4zLlFkak

Linear engine starts around 11:19

My father, a mechanical engineer, was a tireless advocate of the hypocycloid crankshaft mechanism. In the 90s, hybrid vehicles with a hypocycloid-based generator feeding the batteries that make the electric motors go was the application he was going for, especially since hypocycloids function best at constant RPM.

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strictnein 33 minutes ago | parent [-]

I say this with all sincerity, I love this sentence:

"My father, a mechanical engineer, was a tireless advocate of the hypocycloid crankshaft mechanism."

For some reason just reading that brought a smile to my face.

	▲	moab9 3 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah. I bet he was.
	▲	bombcar 25 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		From mechanical engineers I’ve met it almost seems a requirement that they have something they tireless advocate for.

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anonymars 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Turbines are extremely reliable and well-understood in aviation propulsion