Watch An Engine Combustion Cycle Through A Glass Head

Thanks to a special glass cylinder head on a lawn mower engine and an ultra slow-motion camera, this video lets you see the combustion cycle in whole new way
Matt Robinson

While we have seen a clear engine cover in use before (on a two-stroke engine, rather than a four-stroke), we’ve never seen the combustion cycle quite like this before.

Using a glass-topped lawn mower engine, these guys produced some stunning footage, with a 4000 frames-per-second look at the combustion cycle. That’s 150 times slower than real time, in case you were wondering.

Sit back, relax, and prepare to be mesmerised…

Comments

Anonymous

you can now watch the sucking, squeezing, banging and blowing IN ACTION.

01/17/2017 - 18:01 |
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Anonymous

That baby was cute.

01/17/2017 - 18:05 |
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Anonymous

And to think my RC plane engine this happens at 17 000+rpm
Wow

01/17/2017 - 20:26 |
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Ewan23 (The Scottish guy)

How the hell are engines so quite when thousands of explosions are happening a second lol

01/17/2017 - 21:55 |
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Luke Woessner (G17)

If/When I get an old Ford Flathead V8, I hope technology will be advanced enough to make a transparent head durable enough to be a permanent part as opposed to a party piece.

01/17/2017 - 22:14 |
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7367Network

So satisfying to watch

01/18/2017 - 00:09 |
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Pimpmauser

This needs adding to one of those satisfying video compilations

01/18/2017 - 02:45 |
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SubaruNicolas

Why (in the video) does the spark plug ignite when the piston is forcing the exhaust out through the exhaust valve?

01/18/2017 - 03:24 |
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to ignite any residual fuel

01/21/2017 - 09:40 |
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AXL163

We need a Glass Boxer

01/18/2017 - 05:17 |
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