RECIPROCATING ENGINE

TECNICOS TLA: VALERO TORRES MARIO

GONZALES JOEL

PRESENTED TO: CLARA CERQUERA

ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR

06/05/2021
INTRODUCTION

• Aviation as we know it began with the

propulsion of aircraft by cylinder and piston
engines, also called reciprocating engines or
reciprocating engines.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE

• KNOW AND IDENTIFY THE RECIPROCATING

ENGINES THAT WERE USED AND ARE USED
IN CIVIL AND MILITARY AVIATION ,AND
THEIR EVOLUTION OVER TIME
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:

• KNOW WHICH TYPES OF RECIPORC ENGINES EXIST

• DIFFERENTIAL TYPES OF RECIPROCATING ENGINES

• UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF EACH TYPE OF RECIPROCATING ENGINE
TYPES OF RECIPROCATING ENGINES
• In-line motor Rotary
• motor V-motor
• Radial motor
• Cylinder engine in opposition
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES 
• Aviation as we know it began with the propulsion of aircraft by cylinder and
piston engines, also called reciprocating engines or reciprocating engines.
Although other methods and forms of propulsion existed, internal combustion
engines allowed a steady working propulsion, operated mainly by gasoline
This type of engine has the cylinders lined up in a
single row. They usually have an even number of
cylinders, but there are cases of in-line engines with
odd cylinders

The main advantage of an in-line engine is that it

allows the aircraft to be designed with a reduced
frontal area that offers less aerodynamic drag.
A rotary engine is essentially an Otto cycle
engine, but instead of having a cylinder
block with a rotating crankshaft as in the
radial engine, it remains stationary and it is
the entire cylinder block that rotates around
it. In most cases, the crankshaft is solidly
attached to the aircraft frame, and the
propeller is bolted to the front of the
crankcase.
A V-engine is called a combustion engine
arrangement where the cylinders are
grouped into two blocks or rows of
cylinders, where they form a letter "V", and
which converge on the same crankshaft.
An opposing engine has two
cylinder banks located on the sides
of the crankcase opposite each
other. It can be air-cooled or liquid-
cooled, but air-cooled is the
predominant type. This type of
engine is mounted with the
crankshaft in a horizontal position.