[alfa] Wankel rotary engines

["Jim Steck" <4sfed@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you want to see how a wankel works, go to www.keveney.com/Engines.html .
. . or you can get to it from the links page of my web site.  There are more
than a dozen different engine types, all animated with good explanations of
function.  The images are line drawings that load fast, even on a dial-up
connection.

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> ----------- original message ------------
> in a wankel engine :
> for each orbit of one rotor, there are three separate and complete
> 4-stroke combustion cycles.  this makes 6 combustions per
> revolution of the 2 rotors in an engine.  but the "crankshaft",
> called an eccentric shaft, spins at 3 times the rotor speed.  so
> you end up with 2 combustions per measured engine revolution,
> like a 4-banger.   its really an ingenious design with a true
> 4-cycles ( just like your Alfa twin-cam or v6 ), but valve-less ports
> like a 2-cycle.  and no reciprocating parts - only spinning and
> orbiting bits.
>
>
> - -dion fields
> - -73 gtv
> - -los angeles
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