Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Suck Squeeze Bang Blow

No, not a disastrous night with a fatally flawed inflatable friend, but the wonders of the four-stroke (and two-stroke) engine revealed by animated gifs. Look at that expansion pipe working its pressure-wave magic. I find these hypnotic. Click for slightly bigger versions (especially the stroker, else you can't see the whole pipe) then sit back and stare till you drool. MP
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11 comments:

  1. Diedre Greenshields19 May 2010 at 22:35

    pass me the bong Michael

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  2. Diedre Greenshields20 May 2010 at 01:04

    pass the bong please Michael

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  3. FloridaSteve20 May 2010 at 03:21

    That second one (the 2-stroke) should lust be suck-bang-suck-bang. LOL

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  4. Mick P20 May 2010 at 07:16

    FloridaSteve: that's what I put two-stroke in brackets, I couldn't resist using that title. Thinking about it, the brilliance of the two-stroke can't easily be summed up in a few words.

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  5. t_s20 May 2010 at 08:07

    "Thinking about it, the brilliance of the two-stroke can't easily be summed up in a few words"

    Nothing, nothing, nothing, BOOM!

    Ciao Mick!

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  6. Diedre Greenshields20 May 2010 at 09:33

    pass me the bong please Michael

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  7. Mick P20 May 2010 at 09:41

    Good grief Diedre, I think you've had quite enough already.

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  8. Paul20 May 2010 at 21:48

    Cool! I had no idea about the two-smoke pressure wave and had no idea what the expansion chamber was for. Now I kinda know. Thanks!

    Every day is a school day.

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  9. Sideburn Magazine20 May 2010 at 21:52

    Mick
    maybe you can have this animation as a screensaver on your iPhone, then next time you're down the pub & say
    "let me explain Suck Squeeze Bang Blow"
    people wont run away.
    BP

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  10. Mick P21 May 2010 at 08:22

    iPhone? I've only just recently got a phone with a colour screen, and it doesn't even accept photos. Its coal consumption is very low, however.

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  11. Griff21 May 2010 at 18:28

    Sir Stanley Hooker was once quoted regarding the four stroke "It has one stroke to make power and three to wear the engine out!" Genius

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