“Typically, from the time the cylinder head temperature exceeds 400 degrees to the time the cylinder is destroyed — usually because the piston melted — is somewhere between one and two ...

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Originally pioneered on World War II-era aircraft piston engines, the alloy rings provided a resilient substrate and the right amount of sealing stress around the cylinder bore.

In an opposed-piston engine, two pistons are placed at opposite ends of the cylinder, and the fuel is combusted in the space between them.

As engine rpm rose, inline engines needed the added beam stiffness of one-piece cylinder blocks and heads.

DeltaHawk’s DHK180 is a jet-fueled aircraft piston engine that features an inverted-V engine block and 40% fewer moving parts than similar engines.