Updated: 13-Feb-2020
Company in Detroit, denominated the V. Cross Gear. In 1929 they made an air-cooled radial engine with 5 cylinders that gave 38 hp, the 578/5.
-In the documentation file system at the MAE in Le Bourget, France, there exists a dossier with information about a Cross engine.
Arquitecture: 5-cylinder Radial
Cooling: Air
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke:
Power: 38 HP @ rpm
Weight:
The author of this edition of Aeroengines AtoZ, through Aeroteca, collaborated on Version 2 of this video, which is presented here.
To understand the operation of the connecting rods, the 1929 Continental R 670 single-cylinder engine was chosen.
A demonstration of Version 3, improved at the author's suggestion, is also available on YouTube at a later date. This version shows bronze valve guides, improved valve spring movement, and the split crankshaft counterweights and front bearing balls also move.
The design is from Juan Soler, Sant Cugat, Barcelona
Below we show a flash of version 3
Counting also with the coloboration of JMC of Enginys Mecanics in Mataro, Barcelona