Largest 1-Cylinder Engines

[@VisioRacer]

Anybody who finds these a song to his/her ears? Well, I do, mainly those large hot-bulb tractor engines

[@dplgta95]

The Landini L25 here in Italy is known to be called as "Testa Calda" (hot head) due to the hot temperature required to ignite the fuel

[@Nlangkirby135]

If you ask me, my favorite tractor engine is that of the British tractor known as the Field Marshall. It is similar to the hot bulb engine, but the combustion plug is a smoldering piece of wick paper.

[@corollavirus4age]

sounds like a pig with sterioids i love it

[@tuinstoel77]

Here in the Netherlands they put those hot bulb engines in small rowboat sized tug boats. Search for "opduwer"

[@Popk1ller]

this 1 cylinder engine also makes beatiful music kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3y2lKmlp6dra6c not mind to run it in Berlin "Berghain" and people will dance the hell out of it xD what about a video about stationary engines - ;)

[@jordancamden571]

Engine manufacturer in 1900: “I’m going to make this last forever!” Engine manufacturer in 2000: “I’m going to make this last until the warranty expires.”

[@iant720]

Literally.

[@Assimilator1]

@@iant720 Except car engines now can do well over 200,000 miles (since the 80s??) if properly looked after. Car engines back then couldn't!

[@minecraftfirefighter]

@@Assimilator1 the problem is emmision and planned obsolescence in the electronics. And the engine being pushed further and further. 1.0 liter engine with 100+ hp

[@zuestoots5176]

Wrong. Modern engines will live for half a million miles if you maintain your shit.

[@Assimilator1]

@@zuestoots5176 I did say 'well over', I guess I should've said 'at least'.

[@elvine2149]

The American : V8 7l The German : 10.7l 1 cylindrer

[@huseyinuguralacatli5064]

The Italian: 27l 4 cylinder

[@A500-g6g]

Not in a modern road vehicle probably not even old one now they make 4.4 v8 when dodge make 8.4 v10 car weighing same as m3

[@nic_the_grekk0262]

330L SINGLE CYLINDER

[@TommyWylie]

@@huseyinuguralacatli5064 And the odd 3 litre V12.

[@satyapranata2659]

Nice joke man

[@jacksrandomadventures2769]

4:50 .. owners manual: make sure engine is completely running before removing this piece.

[@VisioRacer]

That's the interesting fact about it: you crank the engine with the steering wheel!

[@ValentineC137]

that absolutely terrifies me

[@rolux4853]

Valentine My dad has vintage „Traktoren“ for his whole life and I grew up with them, starting and driving them from a very young age. Thinking back I would never let my own children crankstart these engines, but my dad thought it was a good idea..

[@diegohuijbregtsgarcia5102]

If you're used to doing this, you feel compression occur and take the wheel out on time.

[@RingoLanzBulldog]

The guy who starts this Bulldog is doing it wrong in so many points... In my opinion it is a bad example to show the Lanz.

[@joshimcfarland3562]

Miata owners: "I'll make it fit"

[@ehmjauhh5495]

Werent that honda owners?

[@MrThunderCunt]

@@ehmjauhh5495 no. Honda owners will make it louder and more gutless

[@ehmjauhh5495]

@@MrThunderCunt so what happend with the "you think that'd fit my honda?" Meme?

[@Youtube_Reiska]

Or Citroen Saxo drivers… my mum was a Saxo driver until she got an Audi

[@dcd5050]

@@KZbin_Reiska so she downgraded?

[@isakjohansson7134]

6:20 when you're out for a late night cruise and you feel like waking up you're neighboors

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

Try to drive this somewhere and the cops will probably show up because someone thought it was gunfire lol

[@drxsasquach]

LOL

[@hugoklostermann6428]

Laughed so hard at this

[@khalilveronessi4819]

That thing is fucking hilarious!!!!

[@rumely7232]

we've got tons of tractors like this at home xD happy neighbours

[@tadficuscactus]

I love single cylinder engines because they are so smooth, refined and balanced. Perfect for high end luxury cars.

[@altairtodescatto]

Oh yes

[@marthamryglod291]

Lol

[@chickenfootlicker]

Fr

[@cipriansofineti346]

Actually they”re neither . its just the low rpm makes you think so.

[@thealvaco]

Say wuuut

[@engin_tanik]

Visoracer, as a proffesor in mech. eng., I appreciate your great survey on ICE literature and videos. Thanks for your great contribution!

[@VisioRacer]

I appreciate it, thanks!

[@Kalvinjj]

As a student of the field, it really is fascinating and entertaining. On the topic of huge (and old) single cylinder engines: our university has exposed one of their old Otto 4 stroke engines. The thing is almost as old as the university itself (and the building it resides on, and we have classes as well), 100+ years old on that.

[@Keleigh3000]

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

Sure you are, buddy, shame you can't even spell "professor".

[@iant720]

MasterBata Engineers never have great spelling. We don’t really care. It’s all about the numbers.

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

Funny fact about those Landini tractors: they didn’t have reverse gear, to drive backwards they simply let the engine spin down until the right time, then turned the fuel injection on right before top dead center, so that it would kick the engine over to run the other way. The problem with that was: if you were going up a steep hill at wide open throttle, and let the engine slow down too much, it would pre-detonate and suddenly change direction and go wide-open throttle down the hill backwards

[@jmichna1]

Interesting factoid... thanks!

[@recklesssquirel5962]

So similar to a snowmobile

[@a64738]

Some modern 2 stroke snow mobiles have used the same method to reverse without the need of using gear...

[@paul2lane236]

I saw that happen to a road tractor with a Detroit Diesel. The driver almost stalled it pulling out on a hill, then he kept revving the engine harder harder each time to try and pull out. However, the engine was running backwards and each time the truck went faster and farther backwards. When I saw exhaust coming out of the air intake, I told him to shut it down and restart it. Also had it happen many times on my 1974 Husqvarna 450. Scared the hell out of me first time it did it. Almost sent me down a steep hill backwards. After I figured out what was happening though, I'd just ride it in reverse awhile while my buddies jaws dropped. It would at some point go back forward without missing a beat. Crazy!

[@tommorides8086]

7:48 "Yeah its got big cams in it" Imagine they were this big...

[@Alexie3333]

"valve lash??" "I would say +- 10 mm it's okay"

[@dy7296]

Each of those cams might rip my hands to pieces...

[@DhirC35]

Ill put that cam in my ls

[@wind-solar]

When you machine your piston with an angle grinder. 😆👍

[@captainfancypants4933]

yeah i wonder what the acceptable clearances and tolerances are for that engine, probably half an inch lol

[@HardcoreStupid]

Looked like he welded a crack or something to me just grinding down bead

[@leegenix]

Better than a hammer and chisel.

[@EbonyPope]

@@captainfancypants4933 Hahaha... But seriously... he was just grinding the top. So the piston rings etc. were left untouched. But funny to think you could run this engine even on vegetable oil or butter. :D

[@juhajuntunen2557]

If I remember right, James Watt was happy and mentioned in his diary that piston and cylinder were so tight fitted that you can not put penny coin between them.

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Jesus Christ, could you imagine getting whacked by the flywheel spokes on that last engine!!

[@angelovasilikos7980]

Lol I always wondered the same with all those moving parts how people didn’t get hurt on the regular.

[@onionman500_m8]

@osp80 well yes

[@paulf2723]

Or fall into the crank counterweights.....OMG!!!!

[@derbruzzler7574]

imagine that flywheel getting loose….

[@nickw9376]

@@derbruzzler7574 I used to work at an airport, as a trainee electrician. We had big generators that had 3 tonne flywheels. I was _told_ (apocryphal?) that a flywheel had escaped and just kept turning at right-angles every time it hit a wall and basically destroyed its powerhouse building.

[@oscarcasallas4144]

5:56 how old Super Mario looks on this video

[@ryanramadhan6351]

So old that he decide to be a mechanic 😂

[@louf7178]

LOL

[@ryanfisher6402]

I had to look, that was hilarious

[@f.h.9606]

Nah, it's Scruffy from Futurama...

[@logantheoneandonly6294]

Nothing gives me the chills more, than seeing an old Lanz hopping at idle. Seeing them on the Road, especially on steep hills, that is just majestic! Its like the Jurassic-Park of machines.

[@thealvaco]

Tyranosaurus Deutz!

[@sixstringedthing]

I just want to say, despite the fact that English is clearly a second language for you, you do a very good job with these voiceovers (but I still appreciate the subtitles!). Thanks for your effort in making this content. 👍

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

I love the ones with open designs. It’s so satisfying to watch the massive flywheels spin, cams turn and the cranks turning

[@91erWoifsburger]

the engines/tractors/ cars/motorcycles which where built back in those days are much more interesting to me than products from today. a very good video. thank you!

[@frazerguest2864]

Gernot : Absolutely !

[@np_0603]

Fun fact: the Landini L25 took 30 minutes to start

[@startingbark0356]

Thats why lada still makes the niva, because its more reliable then an modern off-roader problably

[@enekoph7101]

8:11 Imagine the momentum on those flywheels.

[@vistakay]

I wanna throw my cousin into it. 😳

[@realkilju]

0:50 suomi perkele

[@tunturimies84]

Torille 🇫🇮

[@JuhapekkaTolvanenJuhtolv]

Kyllä! Suomi mainittu! Torilla tavataan! (Yes! Finland is mentioned! Let's meet at the market place!) :-D

[@nilaya80]

@@JuhapekkaTolvanenJuhtolv That's where my relatives live. Near Mahlu, Saarijärvi.

[@nattijuk]

@@nilaya80 It is actually from Ylöjärvi at road nr 2774 near village Huhkaankylä

[@slure_]

TORILLE

[@neonaffliction]

2:02 Sounds almost the same as my lombardini (4 stroke diesel) powered tractor

[@SquishyZoran]

And a Porsche diesel tractor I see at our county fair!

[@fabuncian1386]

Squishy Zoran buddy got one

[@SquishyZoran]

Fabuncian : Neat!

[@lucamarmiroli4563]

Lombardini from Reggio Emilia?

[@neonaffliction]

@@lucamarmiroli4563 Yes.

[@loddude5706]

6:12 Steampunk bank job getaway . . .

[@chevy2061]

I'll daily that, or at least make it my grocery getter👌

[@nighthowler8107]

LMAO 🤣

[@ryanfisher6402]

Best with head phones

[@blueballs5150]

My go kart sounds like a dirt bike, my dirt bike sounds like a street bike, oh yea well my tractor sounds like cannon fire.... 🤪

[@mattt198654321]

If you pay very close attention to the flywheel at 4:04, you can see the engine change direction! Cool!

[@michelechiavon546]

That's because you have to start the testacalda in reverse

[@Noooo23523]

trues

[@ryanfisher6402]

Why

[@mysock351C]

4:48 That looks like it got real exciting real fast! Worlds fastest turning steering wheel.

[@ryanfisher6402]

What the hell is happening

[@mysock351C]

@@ryanfisher6402 Those old hot-bulb Lanzs used the steering wheel to provide a manual way start the engine. You'd use a blow torch to heat the "hot bulb" part of the cylinder head next to the fuel injector and once it was hot enough to light the fuel, you rock it back and forth with the steering wheel against the cylinder compression to get the injector to fire, hopefully getting the engine running in the right direction. You can see him pull the manual injection lever as its rocking back and forth to get it to finally start in the right direction. Obvious problem is once it starts you have to retrieve the now rapidly spinning steering wheel, especially if the governor is not set up quite right and the engine runs on a bit faster than it should, which is what happened here.

[@pezzec]

6:14 sounds like a dad's LADA.

[@wauhti6358]

One thing can be certain: They have more torque than your Supra

[@catjudo1]

The big ones could easily squish my Miata too!

[@kensmith5694]

Then again, if you are free to choose gearing, horse power is what really matters. These things are all down below 50 HP. That is about where the VW bug was on power.

[@nickw9376]

Yeah but can you imagine driving around town in a SUpra with that "under" the bonnet????

[@d0cktor523]

Ken Smith there is a multiplication of hp to rpm, that’s why an engine that makes 20 horsepower at 60 rpm produces around 25000 ft/lb of torque or around 300 times the amount of a Volkswagen Beetle,

@@kensmith5694 no one gets that torque and rpm are inversely proportional and power is what matters

[@cactuscanuck6802]

There is something special about big one lungers... I love the 750cc single in my Suzuki atv. Amazingly smooth and bulletproof!

[@herrunsinn774]

It brings back memories of my BSA 441 Victor motorcycle I had back in the early 70's. I loved that bike, mostly for the unique sound of the "one-lunger engine". There's something oddly satisfying about the sound a single cylinder engine makes.

[@voornaam3191]

Got a BMW F650. It has a pretty short stroke Rotax 650cc engine. Sounds great, even as a civilised road bike, with huge airbox and enormous kat included muffler.

[@henryhanson857]

1:11 getting harley v twin vibes

[@winged_neko]

The traktors at 4:40 - 5:00 are not idling at 350rpm, but it was the max rpm. idling is around 100-120rpm maybe even lower.

[@jeremymurphy7320]

8:00 that is a whole lotta inertia in those flywheels. Holy...

[@tylerdoop]

That gargantuan wheel spinning that fast is absolutely terrifying.

[@AS-we9xi]

Imagine throwing a rod on one of these...

[@Leonadsam]

6:17 still faster than concept cars

[@Grooove57]

- " Hey bro, where do you live ? " - " Oh i live in Rasinkankaantie " - " Bless you mate, so where do you live ? "

[@Pulunen]

Instantly recognized the spot, it's in Ylöjärvi, Finland. That road was part of my cycling route a few years back.

[@xpavpushka]

4:00 The sexiest engine sound I've ever heard

[@ryanfisher6402]

Yeah that fuckers nice

[@lucamarmiroli4563]

I know, they are really beautiful beasts

[@sp1derk0bra59]

Bloob bloob bloob

[@GB-vn1tf]

Yo, this is one of your best videos! Historical mechanical equipment is so much more interesting than most modern stuff........IMHO.

[@catjudo1]

05:29 That Fairbanks Morst NB 15-25 is the coolest, most badass tractor I have ever seen. Period. I love it!

[@albertog5684]

AWESOME The sounds of 6:20 made me laught It remind me to the luddites. They had a least one legit reason: The machines back then sounded so offhumanlike

[@jeff-dk5lc]

*there's no replacement for displacement* This piston displacement : *10.7 Liters 1 cylinder*

[@m4ttyofficialchannel]

landini ❤❤❤ btw they made bigger displacement tractors too their biggest one was the 40hp with a 14.327 cc engine and the l55 was the most powerful with 60hp. the biggest displacement hot bulb engine tractor was the UT5 made by the italian bubba with 2 pistons 23 000 cc and 50 hp

[@ChadOHara98]

Did you know that going “balls out” is in reference to the governors on those large engines that swing little balls around to control engine speed.

[@kristianskov4841]

👍.

[@JamesCouch777]

Primitive governor

[@bellybutthole]

Cool, I love those kind of facts. "The whole nine yards" supposedly referres to shooting the whole nine yards of the standard supplied machine gun belt in some old machine gun, I don't remember which. Think I got It from Forgotten Weapons channel. I Guess "going balls deep" is something different...

[@skylinefever]

This is also why some people say "Balls to the wall."

[@barkybarker2592]

@@skylinefever "balls to the wall" is different from "balls out". "Balls to the wall" refers to the balls on top of the throttle levers in airplanes pushed all the way to the firewall (or instrument panel). At least that's how I heard it.

[@annakanna]

nah, the DR Bigs are notorious to have valve clearance issues relatively early among other things, there is a reason why despite the bike being marketed directly to independent Dakar racers, the issues scared most racers away

[@vipertwenty249]

That sidecar outfit was splendid. Chuffing off down the road firing every second lamp post - that's the way to travel in style.

[@ramiretz]

the DR800 sounds so chilling an relaxing...... love 1cyl bikes

[@billwilson3609]

Here in East Texas, I've seen odd looking single cylinder horizontal engines that appear to have been cobbled together using oil field pipe and steam engine parts. They were 2 strokes and were fueled by the oily natural gas that came up with crude in the local wells. Was told those spun generators that powered electric lights so they could drill at night and later on, kept the jack pumps nodding away.

[@ricknelson7824]

Those are still being made and used, there were several brands with Ajax being popular in a couple of variations. DeLavall engines as well.

[@sanleon1314]

Ajax compressor. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGLQmWBjh6qHZ5o

[@billwilson3609]

@@ricknelson7824 There's a company in my county that's been assembling natural gas compressors on skids for 30 years or more. Theirs are set in oil fields to push the separated NG back down into the deposit and are quite elaborate. The old ones I've seen were crude in construction with no name plates.

[@farisarrazi1200]

7:48 I'mma put that camshaft in my project civic

[@henrikevertsson8702]

The thing at 6.20 is my all time favorite. It's like a half dead monster in a cave that should have died a century ago, but refuses to give up. Sometimes it takes dysfunctional strolls, and tries at the same time to wake up the continent. Just to prove that it still has some powers.

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

Our family textile mill in the north of Scotland was powered via overhead shafting from the late 1920's by a single cylinder Shanks diesel producing 80HP. It was a licence built Deutz engine and replaced the earlier Tangye producer gas engine. It also ran a 175V DC generator providing lighting power for the mill and my grandfather's house, until the arrival of mains electricity in 1938.

[@andrewphillips4897]

I am ver blessed to have witnessed machines as these just after the war when they were still in use. No planned obsolescence back then.

[@TheHungrySlug]

There's just something about hearing these engines that brings a tear of happiness to my eyes.

[@stevest1300]

In the 1980's, we found an old Deutz one lunger deep attached to an air compressor in an old mine in southern British Columbia. We scooped out and replaced the old diesel and oil, blew in some ether and the thing started without any problems. The mine had been abandoned in the late 1930s. Within a couple of minutes, the drift filled with exhaust. We think it must have had a very long exhaust pipe to the surface. Great machines.

[@HawkEM2]

1:41 in India at our house, we have a big 1 cylinder sounding similar to the Detroit and mounted to the floor. It also doesn't go on a vehicle but instead uses belt drive to power a wheel with 2-3 spokes and each spoke is a blade. It's used to cut up a plant (idk which one it's kinda just a big green leafy thing) to feed to the buffalos (I believe they're water buffalos).

[@volpsita7676]

Landini also made the Super Landini (12.208 cc, 40hp) and the L55 (13.000cc, 55/60hp). The L25 was around 4.200 cc, while the earlier Velite and the L35 had 7200cc engines. Also Landini are hot bulb engines as well, and they need to be pre heated like the Lanz. While newer ones had electric starters, most are started "throwing" the pulley/flywheel. Since they don't have the reverse gear, the rotation of the engine is reversed to go back. If an engine is in good enough condition it can be then run at "half-turn" (mezzo giro) which means the engine keeps going like a pendulum, back and forth, never performing a full rotation, effectively keeping it running at 0 rpm.

[@volpsita7676]

Here you can see some Landinis inverting the rotation direction and running at "mezzo giro" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2m1e36se5WXo6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5nEYXiMftyng7c

[@Parents_of_Twins]

One thing you got to love about those old engines is you can change the valve lift with duct tape and a matchbook cover. Love those old engines like that. People think we are smarter now than we used to be, quite frankly I wonder. Look at the amazing stuff that was built prior to CNC machines and computers. Back when a machinist couldn't just go buy his cutter but needed to hand grind it and people had to do all the calculations by hand.

[@keough-rc6552]

That was so cool! I didn’t know they made single cylinder engines like that. They have such a unique sound!

[@bobvincent5921]

Fabulous. We worked at a remote house and we had to generate 3 phase electricity to test our development. We used a 550cc single cylinder diesel engine,it was hard work to turn over and ran with a surge surge noise.

[@markcrofton3757]

I ran a smit bolnes single cylinder crosshead 2 stroke that was over 300mm bore diameter 300+ hp 7000nm torque 100rpm idle 300rpm max for castrol as an oil test engine. It had 2x 2.5ton flywheels,

[@biglightball]

I love it how on the last shots, of last engine on this list, we can clearly see how RPM changes a little after each combustion. Thank to synchro of FPS and RPM of flywheel.

[@charlesball6519]

Good old CCD sensor cameras. Much more difficult with the rolling shutter of today's cheaper CMOS cameras.

[@reelroller]

The last engine runs at the WMSTR show and the speed at the end is sped up by the person that took the video. It normally runs at the rpm at the beginning. Its piston is bigger than a 55 gal. oil drum.

[@cluricaun78]

Thanks for another exciting and informative episode Mr. Racer! :)

[@davegoldspink5354]

Mate thanks so much for sharing I absolutely love old tractors and big old engines like these. Great job. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@tomeklevy14]

Would be nice to see biggest diesels from ships and what is the future replacement for them

[@Agnemons]

You didn't even mention Rustons. They made a range from singles up to 6 cylinder parallels I believe. When I first left school I worked at a local sawmill that had a large twin Ruston powering the breast bench and the skid winch. If you were a little late getting to work (which I often was) you would see twin smoke rings about half a meter in diameter from the engine as it started up. It was amusing to wait until the sawyer on the breast bench had a heavy cut going and then load up the skid winch. Man didn't that engine just knuckle down and grunt as the governors opened up. Later during my apprenticeship I worked on a single cylinder Ruston which, from memory, had a 18" piston and a 36" stroke with a 6' flywheel. Both were compressed air start. The engine hadn't been running for 10 or 15 years and we had to get the engine running again as it had been sold and the new owner wanted it running before moving it. We had borrowed a small Petter single cylinder stationary engine to run the compressor and when all was ready John the mechanic opened the valve to turn the engine over. Now the shed the engine was in was pretty run down and the area where the compressor and air valve was had no roof. Added to that was the exhaust pipe that ran from about waist height down under the floor for about 4 feet then up through the roof. Unbeknown to us was that 6" exhaust pipe was half full of black sooty slimy water. When the engine turned over there was a hiss and a roar followed by a gurgling sound on the exhaust stroke. All that compressed air blew that mess straight out the exhaust pipe, into the air, where it promptly fell back down onto the roof. Except there wasn't a roof over the compressor, which also happened to be where John was standing. Needless to say John ensured that a large portion of this mess didn't sully the floor. I just about had a fit I was laughing so much. He just stood there with slime dripping off his glasses.

[@billymanilli]

3:45 LMAO at that thing bouncing up and down! thats awesome!

[@railtrolley]

Notice that the Lanz Bulldog has an Australian number plate on it. These were also made, under licence, at Springvale, Melbourne, Australia. Made in other countries too. A number have survived and been restored to running order. The video example can be legally driven on the road. Popular exhibit at the vintage engine shows I go to. Seeing the driver remove the steering wheel, and place in the flywheel, to crank the engine over.

[@someguy5035]

Thumper KLR650 rider here. I see people looking back as I approach all the time. Why yes, I am riding what sounds like a large lawnmower engine.

[@khalilveronessi4819]

In Argentina there was a tractor called IAME Pampa it was a single piston engine, with a displacement of 4000cm3, my grandfather told me that it had 50hp, and rev up to 800rpm, the engine was horizontal. It was fabricated in the 50's.

[@dylanzrim1011]

Ahh the old “don’t drive up hill forwards”

[@mjouwbuis]

Amazing how that single cylinder Detroit still has the very distinct sound that all Detroits make.

[@danw1955]

I love the old Lanz Bulldog tractors. They were sort of a combination tractor/car/pickup for a lot of European countries for many years. Quirky to start, but they lasted almost forever. A lot of them that had been parked are being restored these days.😉👍

[@AaronNicoli]

That last engine is fecking disturbing... The whole moving assembly is terrifying, the energy in those flywheels, the counter-weights... I mean imagine it letting the rod or crank go! The forces trying to pull those flywheels apart is horrifying, one casting imperfection and BOOM!

[@aleeksarkarece1256]

Wohoo loved it, man keep uploading good stuffs

[@TheAdmiralWTF]

4:43 The Bulldog had such a great impact that the word Bulldog and Tractor can be used interchangebly in German

[@blahblahblahblah2837]

There are many of these powerplants in Australia and manyof these clips look Australian (note the Queensland 'QLD' numberplate on the tractor) They were used on most farms and workshops to run all day, powering all sorts of tools and sometimes generators, via belts and pulleys. Sheep shearing sheds would have a row of mechanical shears hanging from the ceiling, all driven by a single driveshaft, powered by a one of these steady old bangers. Very cool!

[@BensWorkshop]

In the Hereford Waterworks musem there is a 97 litre Tangye single cylnder diesel engine.

[@richardseelye9938]

Again thanks. I don't know how you do it, but keep up the great work, and finding such fascinating topics.

[@xblackdog]

I've got a Suzuki LS650 with a single cylinder 652cc engine. They sound so good, especially when you put on an after market exhaust.

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Love large engines, but these are not the largest single cylinder engines. Waukeshaw (I may be mistaken about the manufacturer) had a single cylinder diesel engine that was approximately 4 feet in diameter and turned 60 rpms. It was in service generating electrical power. The one I witnessed was located in Homestead Florida power plant, which was some 40 plus years ago so I may be slightly off but within inches. I was there working on the two Transamerica DeLaval Enterprise 20 cylinder diesels with 15" Bores and 21" strokes turning 450 rpms also producing electricity. These two Enterprise engines were the only two 20 cylinders that Delaval ever produced. They produced engines from 6 cylinder in-lines to 16 cyl V engines. Some of the marine 16 cylinders were direct reversing engines, meaning they would run in forward or reverse with a max of 9K BHP.

[@mrliltroll]

There is a couple of swedish brands that Built many sizes of hot bulb engines used as stationary engines or marine aplications, can name a couple, Skandia, seffle, beijer, Bolinder munktell. Great video!

[@vladimirputin3426]

these engines are still more quiet than some of the cars that go down my street

[@troychampion]

When I worked heavy construction (building bridges mostly) we used a pile driver that was single piston diesel powered. I don't know what the weight of the piston was but you would pick up the whole apparatus (about 20 feet tall) piston and cylinder and all set it on a piece of pile turn on the fuel and as you picked up the piston with the crane it would draw fuel into the cylinder and then you'd just drop the weighted piston and it would create pressure in the cylinder causing an explosion driving the piston up in the air and repeat... it would stay running as long as it had fuel a fun way to make a dollar (much more fun than pouring concrete) :D .

[@rod928s4]

I absolutely love those diesel-powered pile drivers!! Cool and terrifying at the same time.

[@jewbidawitz]

What about hit and miss engines? My dad has one. I guess its the same type as the one at 3:08

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

That last one with the crank zooming around was terrifying... all that mass ... 😮

[@np_0603]

Are there any production cars with mono cylinder engines? If there are, will you talk about them in a video?

[@VisioRacer]

Of course, many of them.

[@np_0603]

VisioRacer one of my friends said that no “real cars” (so not stuff like the Benz motorwagen) with a mono cylinder engine, I want to prove him wrong

[@thomasbudin5833]

6:20 when you just make it to the gas station in time

[@apismellifera1000]

That Lanz Bulldog tractor is my favorite. Love the sound of that giant 2 stroke single cylinder diesel. I have seen videos on KZbin of Lanz Bulldogs tractor pulling

[@vHindenburg]

Kult is cult

[@apismellifera1000]

@@vHindenburg makes no sense

[@MrGlenferd]

If memory serves me well the biggest single cylinder engine I've seen is in the Henry Ford Museum. It is one of four that was used to power his Ft Rouge plant. That cylinder is probably 80 feet long or more. Ran on various fuels.

[@danw1955]

The Highland power plant engine was actually a hybrid steam/gas engine that had 2 parallel cylinders driving a common flywheel. 60" bore and 60" stroke, rated at 5000 hp.

[@cujoedaman]

My mind when seeing the title: Why would you need a 1-cylinder engine? My mind as it actually put some thought behind it: You mean like chainsaws and weed whips?

[@lethargicstove2024]

cujoedaman they are also called weed whips? Never knew I thought they were only called weed whackers

[@Tubajock2]

Having been in the stationary engine community for awhile: glad to see fairbanks on the list but there are many others to list here. there is a reason there is a large following of collectors of these Huge heavy engines: they are pleasing to run, and listen to and there is an insane verity in makes models, sizes and designs.

[@henktulp4400]

Nice!!......the last one is an absolute beauty!!!

[@Snickers58497]

AJAX DPC2801 could be added to the list of big single cylinder engines. It is integral engine compressor with common crankshaft

[@gassyirishman2859]

I was 10 and at the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster California, and there was an old machinery area. There was and elderly man (quite a character) holding a red solo cup and standing next to an old Hit-And-Miss motor, I don't remember the cylinder number but the sounds in this video reminded me of it, it would thunk loudly (the hit) then it made a kind of sucking noise (the miss), and the guy would put the cup on the exhaust pipe, it would suck the cup down then the hit would come and the cup would go about 25 feet in the air...

[@mjrootz]

The engineering on these is amazing. Can you imagine anyone even having the mechanical skills to make any of these today? A LOST ART. For example, the famous Apollo F1 engines made even 40 years ago.. can't be made today because the specialist who machined these are all dead. I guess tomorrows mechanical engineers are too busy playing video games instead...

[@LanceCampeau]

Man... that Landini tractor sounds AMAZING

[@listomoto]

Is bigger the more torque it has?

[@VinnyMartello]

I love The awesome power of the big hit and miss engines. Real muscle machines!

[@tcb268]

Bop CLANG! Bop CLANG! Bop CLANG! Fantastic noises! 👍👍👍

[@johnsherby9130]

I really love the fact that half of these sat in large factories with no workplace safety or safety measures of any kind and 12 year old kids working there.

[@eliaslundstedt5607]

except for Hot bulb engines, the biggest single cylinder engine I have com into contact with is a 600cc on a Goes 525s ATV. that thing sounds very similar to the Suzuki, but also has a supercharger esk whine at high speed and full throttle. Dunno if that is the transmission or the engine tho

[@luckyluke5638]

6:12 That was so dramatic for such little work it was funny

[@lettuce7378]

i'm pretty sure the gyroscopic force from that 800cc bike's flywheel would be almost enough to keep it upright while stationary

[@billboyd4051]

I don't believe the bike had much of a flywheel, multi disc clutch spinning transversely.