Well, this is sad. More on the story here, and an explanation of the six stroke engine here. It seems that the SixStroke.com web site is currently out of commission.
Motor racing legend Jack Brabham is among the parties embroiled in a Federal Court battle over multi-million-dollar engine technology invented in a South Australian farm shed.
The soured relationship between directors of the company established to market the technology has resulted in a civil action over alleged breaches of contract and subsequent cross-claims.
Federal Court Justice Jayne Jagot on Monday was told the revolutionary technology was valued at an estimated $US1.4 trillion ($A1.51 trillion).
It would replace the valve system of a conventional engine with an additional four overhead pistons, the court was told.
SA farmer and inventor Malcolm John Beare, 58, created the technology after 20 years of tinkering in the machinery shed of his property.
He built two prototypes of the engine, in a Yamaha and a Ducati motorcycle, his barrister Susan Gatford said.
So sad to see brilliance and hard work from a backyard fabricator crumble due to greed and big dogs trying to eat the little dogs.
That's why I'm designing my products for the DRZ by myself. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Nicole Espinosa | November 28, 2009 at 01:50 PM