MOTORES

RECIPROCOS
JOEL DIAZ
MARIO VALERO
DAVID MOLINA
 INTRODUCTION

• IN THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITION WE

WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A
RECIPROCAL ENGINE AND HOW MANY
TYPES OF RECEIPT ENGINES ARE
CURRENTLY ALL TO CONTRIBUTE TO A
FEEDBACK WITH REGARD TO AVIATION
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
• AERONAUTICAL ENGINE DEFINITION
• OTTO CYCLE
• TYPES OF RECIPROCAL ENGINES
- IN-LINE ENGINE
- ROTARY MOTOR
- ENGINE IN V
- RADIAL ENGINE
- OPPOSING CYLINDER ENGINE
 DEFINITION

An aeronautical engine or
aviation engine is one that is
used for the propulsion of
aircraft by generating a drag
force.
 OTTO CYCLE
• Thanks to the Otto cycle, the internal combustion engine
was invented, which would be applied to the nascent
aeronautics of the late 19th century. These water-cooled
engines generated power through a propeller. The
propeller, due to its warped blades, propelled the
surrounding air mass, dragging the airplane forward,
producing flight. In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved
the near-impossible dream of making a denser-than-air
artifact fly.
TYPES OF RECIPROCAL ENGINES

There are different types of aircraft engines,

although they are divided into two basic
classes: reciprocating - or piston - and gas
turbine engines. Recently, and thanks to the
development of NASA and other entities, the
production of electric motors for aircraft
that run on photovoltaic solar energy has
also begun.
 IN-LINE ENGINE
• 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; This is because the balance of power
produced is easier to balance with an even amount along the crankshaft.
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.
 ROTARY MOTOR
• At the beginning of World War I, when airplanes were being used for
military purposes for the first time, it became clear that existing in-line
engines were too heavy for the amount of power they offered. Aircraft
designers needed an engine that was light, powerful, cheap, and easy to
produce in large quantities.
 ENGINE IN V
• In this type of engine, the cylinders are arranged in two banks, inclined
with a difference of between 30 and 60 degrees, that is to say, in the form
of V. The vast majority of V-shaped engines are cooled with water. These
offer a higher power-to-weight ratio than an in-line engine, while still
maintaining a reduced frontal area. Perhaps the most famous example of
this type of engine is the legendary Rolls Royce Merlin, a used 27-liter
V12 60º engine, among others.
 RADIAL ENGINE
• The radial or star engine appeared around 1925. This type of engine has
one or more rows of cylinders distributed circularly around the crankshaft.
Each row has an odd number of cylinders to keep the engine running
smoothly. Air-cooled, four-stroke, radial engines have only one crank pin
for each row of cylinders and therefore a relatively small (sometimes
separate) crankcase, offering a good power-to-weight ratio.
 Opposing cylinder engine
• 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 horizontal in airplanes, but it can be mounted with the
crankshaft vertically in helicopters. Due to the arrangement of the
cylinders, the reciprocal forces tend to cancel out, resulting in good engine
operation in a relatively compact geometry. Unlike the radial engine, it
does not suffer from any hydrostatic locking problem.