new type of rotary engine? (radmax)
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new type of rotary engine? (radmax)
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lol is it wrong that when i watched that video i skipped to a 3 rotor movie, then a 4 rotor, then to various car videos, then to running from the cop videos...i spent a good hour and a half watching about 23425 videos lol
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Six apex seals too many for you? How about 48 with this monster? Frictional losses must be astounding. Proper lubrication seems like a daunting engineering problem.
The Wankel concept is elegant, this seems too contrived. I'll believe it when I see it in commercial production.
The Wankel concept is elegant, this seems too contrived. I'll believe it when I see it in commercial production.
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That thing has more seals than a circus!
Twenty-four little combustion chambers, twelve sliding vanes, yards of friction surfaces and terrible internal stresses - doesn't look like a winner to me.
Notice how the combustion pushes sideways on the vanes - they won't last. Also a lot of friction on the end cams/caps.
You beat me to it, Mr. Tull!
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Twenty-four little combustion chambers, twelve sliding vanes, yards of friction surfaces and terrible internal stresses - doesn't look like a winner to me.
Notice how the combustion pushes sideways on the vanes - they won't last. Also a lot of friction on the end cams/caps.
You beat me to it, Mr. Tull!
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The biggest weakness I see in this thing it that is transmits power via a cantilevered (and sliding, none the less!) vane. That alone will limit the amount of power that can feasibly be achieved with this concept. Think of it, why only 6" diameter to make 42 hp? Scaling it larger will maginify the frictional forces exponentially. The problem is not sliding surfaces in general, but loaded sliding surfaces that kill. And with the cantilevered vane, this thing would load the hell out of those sliding surfaces!
This design is actually the most feasible of the "other" rotary conecpts that I've seen: LINK
This design is actually the most feasible of the "other" rotary conecpts that I've seen: LINK
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