Return-Path: Received: from bewersdorff.com ([192.220.83.90] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with SMTP id 2583653 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:17:00 -0400 Received: (qmail 19560 invoked by uid 21338); 18 Sep 2003 02:17:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rapunzel) ([216.101.149.124]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.83.90 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 18 Sep 2003 02:17:00 -0000 From: "Marko Bewersdorff" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Internal gearing ... Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:10:33 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal > -----Original Message----- > 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. > > > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html