O’Neill Motor Company (OMC) requested a redesign of the NorEaster helicopter engine to improve its power to weight ratio and reliability. OMC’s current prototype of a Cam-Driven Radial Piston Engine does not have a competitive power output and is not robust enough for production. The final design will last 100,000 hours of operation with 8 diesel engine heads. All dynamic components were designed for fatigue. Aluminum-steel composite cams were developed to reduce weight and surface wear on the camtracks.

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Creator

• Mui, Stanley C.
• Brundige, Daniel John
• Osswald, Peter Harlan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042612-122618

Advisor

• Norton, Robert L.
• Lados, Diana A.

Year

• 2012

Sponsor

• O'Neill Motor Company

Date created

• 2012-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright