For more than a decade the name Wankel has popped up whenever car enthusiasts start talking about advanced-design automotive powerplants. The theory of the Wankel engine goes back to 1954 when Dr.
The mind-bending world of birotary engines - a hybrid of piston and rotary technology that could revolutionize aviation. But ...
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The most complicated new engine has three cylinders, a rotating block, a stationary head, and is shaped like a circle
Meet the Birotary, a crazy new and complicated engine that has three cylinders arranged like a star, a rotating block, a ...
In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...
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I bet you all forgot that Audi made a modern car with a rotary engine
It’s common in this line of work to stumble upon a story while researching for another story. Digging through archives and ...
Not only are Chinese carmakers redefining the world of EVs, but one of them is now taking on the Wankel rotary engine. Originally designed by German engineer Felix Wankel and later refined into a ...
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