Posted by Majorman on October 05, 2023 at 04:48:01 from (86.134.80.237):
In Reply to: Opposed-Piston Engines posted by Geo-TH,In on October 05, 2023 at 02:28:00:
Commer made a truck here in England with an opposed piston engine, the Commer TS 3, quite a popular truck of the time. TS stands for Tilling Stevens, the engine designer and 3 for the number of cylinders. Three bores, six pistons driving one crankshaft through a rocker mechanism. Also was a two stroke with a Rootes blower.
Would make the air vibrate with a beautiful sound when under full load. Foden also made one and there was an eight wheeled version that use to move coal trough our local town. There were a set of traffic lights on a little hill, near our car showroom and when he was loaded and drew away from the lights, the plate glass windows in the showroom used to vibrate.
Commer TS3. Commer were part of the Rootes Group that got taken over by Chrysler.
Junkers fitted an opposed piston engine in aircraft during WW2 and a similar design was fitted in a Fordson Model N in the 1940's. All were two stroke diesels.
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