Ingenious concept and offers
Ingenious concept and offers the potential of a very balanced engine, but would it be responsive due to the rotating mass? The total weight of the rotating components of this design would appear to be less than that of a conventional engine, but the inertia of the total rotating mass of this design could/would be greater than a conventional engine. The conventional engine is easy to couple to a drive system and the conventional cylinder block offers a high degree of containment of the rotating components. How do you propose to couple this design to a typical vehicle drive train and offer containment of the rotating mass in the event of a catastrophic failure of the fixed shaft?