It’s an Open Source Two-Stroke Diesel Engine that’s easy ... This is a weird engine, with two opposed pistons in one cylinder that come very close to slamming together. It’s a great design ...

The opposed-piston engine has been utilized since the 1920s and uses two pistons in each cylinder mounted with the heads of the pistons facing each other. The TS3 engine differs from others as it ...

We’re introduced to the traditional two-stroke diesel engine as thermally ... but much more inefficient. The free piston engine, a design with opposed pistons working against compressed air ...

Namely, in 1954 truck manufacturer Commer offered a model with a Rootes TS3 opposed-piston, two-stroke diesel engine. The unusual powerplant was quite common on the British company's trucks ...

A typical example of an opposed-piston engine is the legendary Fairbanks Morse 38 8-1/8 diesel engine. This two-stroke mill was introduced on US Navy submarines in the Second World War ...