Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24696
From: Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Quasiturbine, the next rotary engine
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:13:20 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
wrjjrs@aol.com wrote:
Rusty, I looked this over. While it is novel there are a ton of problems with the layout. Lots of little trapped volumes, many pivots to lube, Lack of easy sealing methods. You don't realize how truly inovative the original rotary was until you see the ideas that fail the test of time. People in engineering are always looking for the simpler way to make the same thing happen. Felix Wankel was one of the rare guys that actually did it!
And Wankel wasn't even an engineer.  Or maybe that's a factor in his success? :o) ... Jim S.
Bill Jepson
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:39:11 -0500
Subject: [FlyRotary] Quasiturbine, the next rotary engine

Greetings,
 
Someone just sent me this link for the howstuffworks site.  This is a very cool idea, but years away from actual use it seems. 
 
 
Rusty
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