 | | Re: Rotary Engine Help —George Haberberger
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| | | (...) Bill, In a radial engine, the cylinders are just arranged in a circle around the crankshaft, and the propellor is either attached directly to the crankshaft, or attached via a gearbox. I think most WWII radial engined airplanes had the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | Re: Rotary Engine Help —William R. Ward
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| | | | (...) That's a pretty clever design. Maybe I can do something with that. (...) Another type of rotary engine? The one I know of is called the Wankel Rotary Engine, and is something completely different - it has no cylinders or pistons at all. I'm (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | RE: Rotary Engine Help —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | (...) The RX-8 will have a rotary engine. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | Re: Rotary Engine Help —George Haberberger
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| | | | (...) In the Wankel engines, the cylinder is a shallow ellipse )maybe a circle) amd the piston is a triangular thing that revolves inside the cylinder. Due to the funky geometry between the cylinder and piston, you get intake, compression, power and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | | | | | Re: Rotary Engine Help —William R. Ward
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| | | | (...) I believe the Audi/VW 5-cylinder engine is an inline 5. The later model Vanagons had it, and the earlier Eurovans. The newer Eurovans have a V6, IIRC. Or maybe it's an optional thing, where you can pick the engine when you buy the car. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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