Incredible & Unusual Motors
The Bourke Engine
* Russell Bourke was probably one of the true geniuses in the field of internal combustion engines. Upon noting the incredible waste of motion in the standard auto engine, he set about designing his own engine in 1918. In 1932 he connected two pistons to a refined “Scotch Yoke” crankshaft and came up with a design using only two moving parts.
* For over thirty years this engine was found to be superior in most respects to any competitive engines, yet it was rejected by all of the powers that be. This amazing engine not only burned any cheap carbon-based fuel, but it delivered great mileage and performance results. Article after article acclaimed his engine and its test performance results, yet nothing ever came of his many projects except frustration and blockage.
Fuel-less 15-Cents-Per-Hour Papp Engine
* One of the most astonishing engine designs of the 60s was the Papp engine which could run on 15 cents an hour on a secret combination of expandable gases. Instead of burning a fuel, this engine used electricity to expand the gas in hermetically sealed cylinders. Far from being complex, the first prototype used a ninety horsepower Volvo automobile engine with upper end modifications. Attaching the Volvo pistons to pistons fitting the sealed cylinders, the engine worked perfectly and showed an output of three hundred horsepower.
* In a December 1968 Private Pilot article, the inventor, Joseph Papp, claimed that it would cost about twenty five dollars to charge each cylinder every six thousand miles. Subscribers couldn’t help but wonder why Private Pilot soon changed hands, moved across the country, and failed to follow up on this project as promised.
NO COMMON SENSE
ANALYZE THE EXAMPLE
* Which supports and barriers were in play?
* What were the dynamics?
* Who, or What, won the Tug-of-War?
* Discuss the outcome with your friends and family.
* Use Post #4 as a reference for the relationships and dynamics between supports and barriers.
