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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".
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> 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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