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How a Wankel rotary engine works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCteBhr4dGY
Mar 17, 2018 12:04 AM
Dravit
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCteBhr4dGY
Strostkovy
I still don't see why rotary vane engines don't exist and aren't superior to this in all aspects.
scragman
Behold the power of Doritos on a stick
POWAAAAAAAAAAAAR
oh you already know how a wankel wo--IMMA TELL YA ANYWAY!!!
MadMupp
Watching this like "Theres a litre of oil, and another and another Ohh and another"
wadenelson1
Better than OP's last picture of him blowing a seal.
RichardHardley
Heh. You said wankel.
Dravit
I am just an overgrown child, 'tis true.
doodybird
Now stack four together and apply twin turbos for 1200 horsepower.
Wrench86north
Like tow mirrors stacked ?
panamjck
Okay!
Moljnir
That's my fetish!
amp99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chOXzizDG2w
gernjer
I was snuggling with my wife last night, and she whispered, “how does a Wankel engine work?” So, thank you.
Dravit
I'm glad to have been of service to your wife.
eclect0
Me too.
iGivePoorAdvice
Me too.
TheDudeanator
Me Tarzan
JackOfThings
No, I am Spartacus.
lawrabbit
Wankel intensifies.
amp99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chOXzizDG2w
DasWauto
Boost goes in, apex seals come out.
RonarOfTheRebellion
This was used in the Mazda RX8 if I remember correctly but its life cycle was shit.
MadMupp
RX7 and RX8 great sound and high revs, but terrible fuel economy and reliability. Alright for racing but not an every day car
Djalabajoe
Hard driven RX8's need a complete engine rebuild to replace the tips at 80000 miles and only get around 20mpg.
MadMupp
And about 15mpg in oil
240zac
The rx8 is a terrible example of the rotary engine
WebsterPuddlesMD
All the RXs. More horsepower per liter, less fuel economy though. It's a very interesting motor
therooter007
Also, lower weight and smaller package than a piston engine. But blown apex seals everywhere.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
That sounds like an expensive repair.
RonarOfTheRebellion
And looks cool as fuck
panamjck
I don't know why this is a worse idea than making the piston stop and reverse direction thousands of times per minute
amp99
If 20% of what's been spent in last 100 years on R&D for reciprocating internal combustion engines was spent on rotaries they'd be superior.
amp99
Maybe.
Strostkovy
In a piston engine you seal around the piston. In this engine you seal along three points on the rotor, two shafts, and both side plates.
wadenelson1
No kidding. Turbine engine makes so much more sense. The blades in the turbine go round and round.... just like the wheels on the bus..
panamjck
Didn't they make a car with a turbine engine that melted cars behind it?
wadenelson1
Turbine engine. Spins a transmission. Doesn't spew flames out the back.
RogueBullet
Makes like no torque and apex seals blow too easy.
dlarrydlarry
That and you have to burn oil. Makes for terrible emissions
ElecTech
Only at very low RPM. Not to be driven like a piston engine. The torque curve is pretty flat from approx. 3000 rpm to 7500 rpm.
JackDaniels91
This has many names and applications. What makes this an engine is the combustion inside the chamber. Pumps & compressors can use that type
JackDaniels91
of impellor, just reverse with an electric(or steam) motor driving it.
Strostkovy
Steam engines, Stirling engines, Newcomen's engine, and any other heat engine have combustion outside of the chamber. This is an engine 1/2
Strostkovy
because it converts potential energy into mechanical energy. 2/2
JackDaniels91
Argh that's what i meant but sometimes i are not speak so good. That's why i mentioned the compressor and pumps.
JackDaniels91
because there is no conversion of potential energy to mechanical energy
Strostkovy
Fair enough. The best way to say it is that engines produce mechanical energy, while pumps and compressors use it.