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Re: You have GOT to be kidding me
Rotary engine designed by some German ****el
ah come on thats not swearing his name is spelt W A N K E L http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_****el |
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Rotary (Rotax, W@nkel) engines are totally different from Radials. Quite a few production vehicles have had rotary engines in them and include
Mazda RX7 Mazda RX8 Norton Commander Suzuki RE5 as well as being now very popular in small aircraft, microlites. ![]() Kymmy
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Correct me if I'm wrong (and somebody usually thinks I am) but if you have lots of even numbered cylinders don't they work "sympathetically" as in a V6 or V12 i.e. more than one on the same stroke at the same time rather than "progressively" i.e. one after t'other like Kymmy's 5 cylinder pic, for a rotary this would then require an offset crank effectively splitting it into two engines?
The timing for an 8 or more rotary would be hellish if they were progressive or is that why they seem to be rev limited ![]() One thing for certain they look fricken wierd on a bike
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With odd numbers you always have a single cylinder starting a power stroke at any one time making the power delivery even and smooth. You can though get even numbers but they tend to be layered radials with more than one planes of cylinders. I presume though not sure that the 2nd row would be half a phase out to continue the one cylinder starting a power stroke scenario.
Also radials and rotary engines tend not to be rev limited but more power limited hence they're sometimes known as screamers Kymmy
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Ahhh, right, so I was nearly right
and now you do realise someone is going to post saying they thought "screamers" meant something else ![]()
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