Seems like a two stroke flathead would sound just fine! Combustion temps
would probably kill the reeds though. Two strokers put them in the
induction area. That gets them away from the heat. And allows other
advantages. Most of which I don't know about.
A two stroke engine turning 10,000 has reeds that cycle 10,000 times per
minute.....not too slow acting, I wouldn't think.
Not a lot of words but my penny!
Skip
At 01:10 PM 2/23/00 , you wrote:
>I was thinking a little about reed valves and combustion pressure, and I
>thought about Pulse Jets as used in the V1 Buzz Bombs. That is basically a
>reed valve, combustion chamber, injector nozzle, ingiter, and open exhaust.
>Couldn't have much combustion pressure, but enough to lift at least 1000 lbs?
>I guess a reed valve could be made pretty solid, but than it would be slow
>acting I think. 3 or 4 "automatic valves" that open when exposed to vacuum
>could be placed around the spark plug. Any input on this? I don't want to do
>it I just want to think about it. Rich Fox
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