Porsche's new patented six stroke engine might not be a thing of reality yet, but the new technology is still very ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design ... back and forth as the crankshaft rotates.

We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

A camshaft uses egg-shaped "cams" to open and close engine valves (one cam per valve), while a crankshaft converts "cranks" (the up/down motion of the pistons) to rotational motion. Located in the ...

Then it's placed inside the piston and the pin connects the two components. Now, the engine can finally be assembled. First, the crankshaft is bolted onto the block. Then the piston is pushed into ...

The piston engine is also called a reciprocating engine ... That linear motion is converted to rotational motion by the crankshaft. That rotates the attached propeller, providing the thrust ...