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From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On
Behalf Of Dale Smith
Au contraire, Mon Ami ...
Felix himself said that Mazda "Had made a mule of his race horse", with
their re-design to it's current configuration.
at that website it says a member of Mr. Wankels engineering team at NSU,
namely Mr. Paschke, developed the stationary outer housing type of rotary of
today.
re
Marko
If you look closely at that gif, it is in perfect balance at all stages
of housing/rotor rotation. No bearing loads due to "wobble".
Prototypes were said to run 40 thousand RPM ! Current Mazda designs
are limited to 13K or so due to exceeding rated bearing loads above
those speeds
If I reacall, it was not practical insofar as it was similar to the old
"Rhone" engines where the crank stood still and the engine rotated
around it, and you had to disassemble the engine to change spark plugs,
but what the hey, nobody's perfect.
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