Straight engine

This article is about piston engines with a single cylinder bank. For the collective antonym to radial engine, see Inline engine (aeronautics).
Straight / Inline engine

A straight engine, or inline engine, is a configuration of multi-cylinder piston engine where all of the cylinders are arranged in a single row, rather than radially or in two or more cylinder banks.

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