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[[Image:Opposed-cylinders-500.jpg|thumb|A 1967 [[BMW R50|BMW R50/2]] longitudinally mounted flat-twin engine, with tank removed. Note that the cylinders are not truly in line but displaced by the width of one crank pin and one crank-shaft web.]]
[[Image:Opposed-cylinders-500.jpg|thumb|A 1967 [[BMW R50|BMW R50/2]] longitudinally mounted flat-twin engine, with tank removed. Note that the cylinders are not truly in line but displaced by the width of one crank pin and one crank-shaft web.]]
Horizontally opposed engine.  Also known as a pancake engine.


[[Category:Engine configurations]]
[[Category:Engine configurations]]

Revision as of 05:10, 23 November 2010

A 1967 BMW R50/2 longitudinally mounted flat-twin engine, with tank removed. Note that the cylinders are not truly in line but displaced by the width of one crank pin and one crank-shaft web.

Horizontally opposed engine. Also known as a pancake engine.