A fire piston works on the same principle as a diesel engine - compression ignition. I'm a big fan of this kind of thermodynamics as it matches well to the theory and is very repeatable.

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Four piston-powered engines, with their propellers synced in near-perfect alignment with one another, look especially sharp. The bulbous orange fire-retardant tank sticks out conspicuously ...

A spark plug ignites the fuel which makes the combustion gases push the piston, to drive the crankshaft. Watch the video to see it in action. Produced by Leon Siciliano More from Tech A triangle ...

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