Зачем Honda построила шестицилиндровый двигатель 250 кубов?

In 1964 Honda was losing the 250cc class to a two-stroke twin, and there was nothing left to develop in the four-cylinder it already had. A four-stroke fires once every two revolutions. A two-stroke fires every one. That is not a gap you close with refinement. Honda handed the problem to a 24-year-old engineer with an aeronautical degree. His answer: if the engine has to rev higher, every part inside has to get lighter — so make the pistons smaller, and to keep the same capacity, use more of them. Six cylinders in 245cc. Pistons the size of a large coin. 18,000 rpm. Mike Hailwood entered ten Grand Prix races on it in 1966. He won ten. 0:00 Honda is losing, and it isn't close 0:35 Why a two-stroke beats a four-stroke 2:39 Smaller pistons, and more of them 3:56 What 18,000 rpm demands from the rider 5:21 How anything survives those revs 6:19 The sound nobody forgets 6:53 Hailwood: ten races, ten wins 8:13 The arms race that emptied the paddock 9:47 Why the rules ended it 10:38 What happened to the 24-year-old