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Crossplane

The crossplane or cross-plane is a crankshaft design for piston engines with a 90° angle (phase in crank rotation) between the crank throws. The crossplane crankshaft is the most popular configuration used in V8 road cars.[citation needed]

Straight-twin cranks, Crossplane V8 crankshaft & Inline-four crossplane crankshaft

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Straight-twin cranks

Edward TurnerTriumph Speed TwinOHCTRX850TDM850
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Crossplane V8 crankshaft

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Inline-four crossplane crankshaft

Engine balanceYamaha YZF-R1M1MotoGPFath
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Firing intervals

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Crossplane V8 crankshaft

Firing intervals

Inline-four crossplane crankshaft

Straight-twin cranks

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Crossplane

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples41
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Crossplane

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related to Firing intervals · 11
Crossplane → As, Four, Left, LRLLRLRR, R1, Right, RLRRLRLL, The, URS, V-Twin, V8
related to Balance and smoothness · 7
Crossplane → Because, Each, However, Other V-angles, The, V-Twin, V8
related to URS engine · 7
Crossplane → Fath-Kuhn, It, The, This, URS, V8, Yamaha
related to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1 · 5
Crossplane → The, This, Yamaha, Yamaha YZF-R1, Yamaha's M1 MotoGP
related to Inline-four crossplane crankshaft · 5
Crossplane → In, Please, This, Unlike, V8
related to External links · 3
Crossplane → URS, V8 EnginesA, YouTube
related to Design · 2
Crossplane → The, V8

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crank 90 v8 engines engine crankshaft firing 180 exhaust four two used design rocking 360 throws balance yamaha configuration piston

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the 598cc Scott Squirrel or 498cc Suzuki T500instance ofExamples include quite large capacity bikes0.80text
Crossplanerelated to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1The0.60section
Crossplanerelated to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1Yamaha YZF-R10.60section
Crossplanerelated to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1This0.60section
Crossplanerelated to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1Yamaha's M1 MotoGP0.60section
Crossplanerelated to 2009+ Yamaha YZF-R1Yamaha0.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessThe0.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessV80.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessBecause0.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessEach0.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessHowever0.60section
Crossplanerelated to Balance and smoothnessV-Twin0.60section

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