Elvis Hargrove wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
-> I never saw one come apart,  but I was of the impression that the
-> reason they weren't used in cars was because they were a whole lot
-> more expensive than conventional engines.  Is this not the case?
 EH> That's one of the major drawbacks allright.  They'd get a
 EH> lot cheaper if the economy of scale of manufacture ever got
 EH> squared away.  But they have several operational problems
 EH> that make them just a tad impractical. 
Such as?
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