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I had to research that a bit more. Cool idea, not necessarily efficient though.
Bistella 500 - Motorcycle details
Construction Story, Tech Data and Details of the Bistella 500 motorcycle with custom radial engine 10 x 50cc = 500ccm by Marek Foltis.
www.bistella.cz
500 cc. 10 cylinders with 5 mini roots style blowers. A lot of complexity for 60 hp!
According to the website, apparently not 😱
Construction details:
- Engine case, crankshaft, roots blowers assembly, master conrods were made on CNC mill
- Cylinders, pistons, slave rods, transmission case, and clutch are used stock from vintage Jawa motorcycles
- Exhaust headers and the intake manifold is hand-made and consists of 17 hand-crafted parts. That goddamed "pipe octopus" took almost a month of the cut/weld/cut/weld process. During manufacturing those tubes I got permanent inflammation in the carpal tunnel area caused by angle grinder vibration.
- Paint job I did myself except the last layer of clear. Thick gold lines and signs are plated by pure gold.
- Pistons and combustion chambers are ceramic coated to prevent overheating
They come in submarine models too. There's one somewhere in the vicinity of Okinawa.
