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Hi Malcolm,
No offence meant, but on reading the statement in the earlier post, I ran it past two of my sons (35 & 33, who are both technical people in very responsible positions), and they couldn't clearly understand what was stated. I could, because I have seen Deltics, but they couldn't. When I then described the engine layout to them a bit more clearly, with a diagram, they then understood the description. The only error I made in my description was stating that the pistons were horizontally opposed, which is technically incorrect as the banks of liners sit at 120 degrees to each other, so only one set of cylinders is truly 'horizontally opposed'. The others could be described as 'opposed piston configuration', but definitely not horizontal.
Cheers,
Skilly
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