The Rise Fall of the Radial Airplane Engine History Technical

The Radial engine was once the pinnacle of internal combustion engine design, but has gone mostly extinct. What happened The Radial first ousted the Rotary, then to a large extent the inline engines (V12 s) before the Radial itself was ousted. In this video we briefly go through the history of the radial and we also take a bit of a deep dive into radial engine design and see what made it such a great engine. Follow me on Instagram: Chapters 0:00 The Magic of the Radial 0:21 Humble Beginnings 0:49 The Rotary Engine (Pros) 1:34 The Rotary Engine (Cons) 2:01 The Rise of the Aircooled Radial 3:02 Basic Radial Engine Design 3:40 Radial Firing Order 4:03 Radial Firing Interval 4:59 Radial Crankshaft 6:17 Radial Valve Operation 6:36 Radial Primary Balance 7:04 Radial Secondary Balance 10:46 Radial Disadvantages 12:13 The Fall of the Radial Airplane Engine 14:03 PostWar Radial Applications 14: