Very interesting. It looks like the idea is increased efficiency by running the intake ports on one side and the exhaust port on the other, AND using a peripheral exhaust. Turbocharging also appears to be inherent to the design.
Very interesting. It looks like the idea is increased efficiency by running the intake ports on one side and the exhaust port on the other, AND using a peripheral exhaust. Turbocharging also appears to be inherent to the design.
I find it funny they bother with the patents. No other company besides Mazda is crazy enough to try rotary.
And one of them doesn't burn any oil! /snark
lnlogauge said:I find it funny they bother with the patents. No other company besides Mazda is crazy enough to try rotary.
Audi is dusting off the NSU books and working on a small Wankel as use for an under-trunk APU for a series hybrid. Perfect application for it, actually, since no matter the design they do not really tolerate low load/idle, and they are horribly inefficient there too. But a small 30-40hp engine whose job it is merely involves turning a generator? Perfect.
They are also used for UAVs. Here's a startup demonstrating a hand-started UAV engine that runs on heavy fuel... implication: you can run your drones on military-cut Diesel and deploy them with minimal support hardware.
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