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radial engine
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radial engine

Type of internal-combustion engine used mainly in small airplanes, in which the cylinders (ranging from five to as many as 28, depending on engine size) are mounted in a circle around the crankshaft, sometimes in banks of two or more. Once the dominant piston-engine type, radials are now in only limited production; most new requirements are met by remanufacturing existing stock.


radial engine [′rād·ē·əl ′en·jən]
(mechanical engineering)
An engine characterized by radially arranged cylinders at equiangular intervals around the crankshaft.


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His version will be powered by jet turboprops, for example, instead of radial engines.
The firm was also working on the repair and overhaul of its Leonides nine-cylinder radial engines.
Radial engines would be the norm in naval aircraft for years to come.
 
 
 
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