A rotary engine is a beautiful thing.
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They are neat. FWIW, that's a Radial Engine.
No, it's a rotary.
Originally Posted By: 02SE
They are neat. FWIW, that's a Radial Engine. (not much)
No, it's not a radial engine. This is an example of a rotary engine.
This is a radial engine
They are neat. FWIW, that's a Radial Engine. (not much)
No, it's not a radial engine. This is an example of a rotary engine.
This is a radial engine
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You're right. I should've watched the video first, to see that the crankshaft was remaining stationary, making it in fact a Rotary.
Originally Posted By: 02SE
They are neat. FWIW, that's a Radial Engine.
Originally Posted By: Silk
No, it's a rotary.
Its both. Radial cylinder layout, rotary in terms of having a static crank.
They are neat. FWIW, that's a Radial Engine.
Originally Posted By: Silk
No, it's a rotary.
Its both. Radial cylinder layout, rotary in terms of having a static crank.
Wasn't a fan of the rotary radial...think massive gyroscope trying to tear itself away...plus shred the bystanders.
Then I came across the inverted wankel...then everything else makes sense.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7281513
Then I came across the inverted wankel...then everything else makes sense.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7281513
Very cool video. 30 years in aviation and I've never seen one.
Man that sounded great when fired up at the end of op's video.
No holds barred type stuff!
No holds barred type stuff!
Those rotary engines had two speeds, on and off.
You can hear that in the above video.
You can hear that in the above video.
At 7:14 in the first video I thought the fellow was going to walk into the prop.
Extremely cool engine and video.
Extremely cool engine and video.
Clears up the mystery of the Rotary Engine.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
It's a rotary, but certainly NOT a Wankel rotary.
In my opinion it was another bad design back in the old days. I guess they worked though.
If you read aviation history a special problem surfaced as soon as the
synchronized gun led to combat aerobatics... with a 300 lb engine
turning clock wise at 1200 rpms in the nose of a 1200 lb aircraft the
rotary's gyroscopic effect in turns was formidable but the pursuit
pilot quickly learned to execute instant left turns helped by the
gyroscopic procession whereas right turns were a wrestle with the
controls... all in all the early pioneers learned real quick that the
rudder is your savior to arrest the spin...
The Rotary was a great design because the spinning engine keep its cool faced with
the slow moving early birds...
You can clearly see the torque effect opposite to the clockwise
spinning engine... note a Rotary will idle...
synchronized gun led to combat aerobatics... with a 300 lb engine
turning clock wise at 1200 rpms in the nose of a 1200 lb aircraft the
rotary's gyroscopic effect in turns was formidable but the pursuit
pilot quickly learned to execute instant left turns helped by the
gyroscopic procession whereas right turns were a wrestle with the
controls... all in all the early pioneers learned real quick that the
rudder is your savior to arrest the spin...
The Rotary was a great design because the spinning engine keep its cool faced with
the slow moving early birds...
You can clearly see the torque effect opposite to the clockwise
spinning engine... note a Rotary will idle...
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Sounds a lot like some of the ricers running up and down the street with their 6" flatulent pipes.
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