In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

These vehicles were powered with 7-cylinder radial aircraft engines built by Continental Motors. These engines developed 220hp, their service life was very short. Major overhaul was scheduled for ...

His way of going about this was to use a radial engine, something that hadn't been done yet. The radial used for the job was a six-cylinder, air-cooled iteration using its cooling fan to act as ...