Electronic Valve and Ignition Timing For Model Gas Engines

Via Hack-A-Day, here is an electronically controlled RC gas engine. With more development, this could lead to more efficient RC engines by skipping power cycles. This would allow longer flight times while at cruising speed.

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Comment by Jack Crossfire on June 25, 2009 at 11:28am: If U absolutely must avoid turbines. But what we really need is a turbine which is as silent as electricity.

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