Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 13-Oct-2024

TAUPIN

(France)


Another variable compression engine by varying the piston stroke, but unlike the Andreau mechanism, it uses an epicyclic system with three counter-rotations.

-More information on this engine is being sought. Although the tests were carried out on a Citroën engine, it may have remained a theoretical concept only.

-It suffered from abnormal stresses because the epicyclic system systematically produced movement breaks.