Discuss Pub Quiz at the The NAAFI Bar forum within the The Army Rumour Service website; Originally Posted by Fugly
Induction, Compression, Combustion, Exhaust.
Who pioneered the 2-stroke variant?
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I'm a Bad Man for using Wikipedia for this answer - Joseph Day, building on the work of Dugald Clerk - but found this footnote irresistible:
"(and Frederick Cock for the piston-controlled inlet port)".
I love the various rhythms of a Lambretta engine at idle, don't you?
I'm a Bad Man for using Wikipedia for this answer - Joseph Day, building on the work of Dugald Clerk - but found this footnote irresistible:
"(and Frederick Cock for the piston-controlled inlet port)".
I love the various rhythms of a Lambretta engine at idle, don't you?
Frederick Cock is appropriately named, given the hours, if not cumulative days of my life I have spent fighting with 2-stroke engines on mopeds as a kid, leaf blowers, string trimmers, outboard motors etc. They're great when they're new, or just serviced, and complete BASTARDS to start at other times. I vowed never to get another. Until my latest boat, with a V6 2-stroke, which goes like shit off a shovel, but I am not looking forward to unwinterizing it next year!
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