The Complex Napier Sabre 24 Cylinder "H" Aero Engine Explained Simply

The Napier Sabre H-24 powered the Hawker Typhoon and Tempest fighters. At first look, the engine may seem too complex to easily understand.
This video sorts that out, explaining the engine in a way that is easy to understand and will also give anyone a good basic understanding of how the engine works and why it was even designed that way in the first place.

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Chapters:
0:00 ICE Peak
1:05 The Scaling Problem
4:04 Crankshaft(s)
6:10 Connecting Rods
7:53 Sleeve Valves
12:41 Small Cylinders
15:34 Forced Induction
16:48 Size / Compactness
17:44 Disappearance

Copyrighted content credit (using with permission):
Thanks to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for the use of the image at the opening seconds of the video and at 15:40 & 16:52. Visit https://airandspace.si.edu
Thanks to the Aircraft Engine Historical Society for the use of the Napier Sabre Engine Moving Animations at 0:16, 5:33, 8:52 & 12:52. Visit https://www.enginehistory.org/CAD/ind... for more engine animations
Thanks to the Napier Power Heritage Trust for the use of the images at 0:10, 0:38, 0:48 & 15:22. Visit npht.org
Thanks to mechtraveller.com for the video showing the closeup operation of sleeve valves at 8:41. Visit mechtraveller.com

Thumbnail attribution:
Napier Sabre III-author Flickr user "tataquax" : https://www.flickr.com/photos/2545169... (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) removed background & colorgraded the photo
Image also used at 4:37

Creative Commons Video attribution in order:
0:27 F86 Sabre - The Most Feared Fighter Plane in the world by Sonya L Terry (   • F86 Sabre - The Most Feared Fighter P...  ), license CC-BY
1:05 Harry Hardy DFC Hawker Typhoon Pilot by The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast (   • WW2 Hawker Typhoon Pilot Tells His Story  ), license CC-BY
1:33 Gloster Meteor - A Short History by A Short History (   • Gloster Meteor - A Short History  ), license CC-BY
3:21 Inline 6 Cylinder animation-author MichaelFrey (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) cropped side view & overlaid text
4:28 Animation of an H-Engine-author MichaelFrey (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) reversed direction of top crankshaft
7:37 SUBARU BOXER Engine by Need for Speed Racers (   • SUBARU BOXER Engine  ), license CC-BY
8:25 Why is it important to understand top dead center vs. overlap on a 4-stroke? by How 2 Wrench (   • Why is it important to understand top...  ), license CC-BY
10:22 4StrokeEngine Animation-author Zephyris (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) zoom+crop
18:10 Monster Race Engine Roars to Life in Tiny Bush Plane by Mike Patey (   • Monster Race Engine Roars to Life in ...  ), license CC-BY

Creative Commons Image attribution in order:
Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 engine Fiat AS.6-author Bergfalke2 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes
Daimler-Benz DB 604-author Nimbus227 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes
Motore Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 (W18)-author Alessandro Nassiri for Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) cropped
JAGUAR 3L V6 Supercharged-author Jaguar MENA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom+overlaid arrows
Fork and blade connecting rod-author Andy Dingley (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid arrows
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2006 engine-author Ric man (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) overlaid cross
RAF Museum Cosford Merlin-Author Rept0n1x (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom+overlaid arrows
Bristol Perseus sleeve valve radial engine-author Stahlkocher (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop&arrows overlaid
Sleeve Valve Closeup-author Kitplane01 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom
Napier Sabre Engine-author Paul Maritz (paulmaz) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes
Hawker Fury with Napier Sabre VII - Copyright NPHT
Napier Sabre III-author Hugh Llewelyn (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) cropped+overlaid arrows
Hawker Typhoon Ib (composite airframe) ‘JP843 / Y / T’-author Alan Wilson (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) crop+zoom+overlaid text
9 Zylinder Sternmotor(Vedenyev M14P)-author Thomas Vogt (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) no changes