Photography by David Simpson
EXPLOSION ENGINE
DIY internal combustion using Home Depot parts.
A few months ago, some of the cadets in my Civil Air Patrol squadron were stumped by the chapter we were reading on internal combustion engines. The pictures failed to convey what really happens, and even the word “combustion” sounds like what a candle does. Engines are all about explosions, front and center! So we needed to make some explosions and show the students how these blasts get turned into the power that runs cars, airplanes, ...
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