You’ll leave with a definite understanding of how radial engines work, and maybe build something neat with the knowledge. Our only complaint is the lack of build photos or construction techniques.

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

This a radial engine, and it was popular at that time because of the massive power it could bring, with the most powerful radials outputting up to 3,500 horsepower or more. Aside from that ...

The craftsman has spent the last four years building a nine-cylinder radial engine using a smattering ... Years of hard work finally paid off when he recently started his monster creation for ...

The big beastie idles at around 600 rpm, and our favorite mad engine builder has rigged up a clever disc-brake load generator to give the radial something to work against. Pushing against the load ...