Best Of The Web: How A Radial Engine Goes Together

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Key Takeaways:

  • A video provides a "master class" on the assembly of a radial engine, specifically demonstrating how multiple connecting rods connect to the crankshaft.
  • The demonstration features a Rotec R-2800 engine, animated and rendered by product design engineer Dan Cabral.
  • Cabral utilized Keyshot for rendering the animation and After Effects to assemble the final video.
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Ever wonder how a radial engine goes together, especially how those seven or nine connecting rods all merge at the crankshaft? Grab some coffee and sit through this master class video by Dan Cabral and you’ll find out. Carbral is a product design engineer and used Keyshot to render this animation and After Effects to assemble the video. The engine is a Rotec R-2800. See more here.

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