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kaempfer
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I was looking at different engine configurations on Wikipedia, and came across the Stelzer engine. It sounds perfect for a mech. It reciprocates, which means that you don't need complicated gearing to make the legs move back and forth. It's also very simple, which reduces the already high number of parts in a mech.
http://www.faktuell.de/StelzerMotor/stelzermotor-index1.shtml
It's in German, but you can plug it into Babelfish.
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Earle Bishop 
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We would still have to gear down, or have an engine so large it would not fit on the platform. Even taking leveraging into account. We need a lot of torque.
On a side note, Kingery has a (completely not MPS related) engine design, which struck me as a rotory Stelzer when I saw it.
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Earle Bishop
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Stelzer Engine?
