flycrank
nounEtymology From fly + crank.
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A type of mechanical crank.
- Final drive is by reduction gears on the jackshaft, and through flycranks and rods to the wheels.1950 October, “S.R. Diesel-Mechanical Shunter”, in Railway Magazine, page 692:
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