Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 19-Nov-2018

Funck Rotary made a small two-stroke radial engine with exhaust-flow by other piston cylinders as we see in the following illustrations. It does not lack a certain complexity.

New image of the old Funck
"New image of the old Funck"

Funck rotary engine
“Funck rotary engine”

From Appendix 9: We located another variant of this special radial engine, perhaps in more detail now.

-It has more detail about the connecting rods, which are very short though. The cylinder has a counter-piston with a hole for the spark plug on the cylinder head.

-But attention is drawn to ducts that connect the cylinder bases to propagate the ignition.

-It seems that intermediate sleeves are rotating. In the main text it is already commented that it is a complex engine, and it is worth looking for more information.

Engines of FUNCK

Model: Rotary engine

Arquitecture:
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke: x
Power:
Weight:

Other details:

The author of this edition of Aeroengines AtoZ, through Aeroteca, collaborated on Version 2 of this video, which is presented here.

To understand the operation of the connecting rods, the 1929 Continental R 670 single-cylinder engine was chosen.

A demonstration of Version 3, improved at the author's suggestion, is also available on YouTube at a later date. This version shows bronze valve guides, improved valve spring movement, and the split crankshaft counterweights and front bearing balls also move.

The design is from Juan Soler, Sant Cugat, Barcelona

Below we show a flash of version 3

Counting also with the coloboration of JMC of Enginys Mecanics in Mataro, Barcelona