Rotary Engine discussion

zyran

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MMMmmm ROTARY AVATAR.... MMMM
 
If only it was a .GIF of it spinning. That would be orgasmic! :p
 
:p

Shots of a rotary spinning is extremely hypnotic though. It's so bizzare and elegant at the same time.
 
zenon said:
If only it was a .GIF of it spinning. That would be orgasmic! :p
AWankelmotor02.gif

When you wake up you'll believe the car jeremy points at is your brand new 911.... :D
 
Mmmmmmmmm... rotary spinning. :mrgreen: :p
 
Can't.... stop ..... looking ..... must ...... close ...... window ....... :lol:
 
RussTypeS said:
its spinning backwards....
Uh, how do you know that the animation isn't just from the other side of the rotor?
 
Viper007Bond said:
Uh, how do you know that the animation isn't just from the other side of the rotor?

im guessing the red flash is supposed to represent combustion. it looks like a pp housing, with the 2 black marks on the left side, the bottom is located where the exhaust should be, the top where the intake should be.

i guess it could be upside down, but then the ports would still be in the wrong place.

still cool, just backwards :)
 
I never read up on rotary technology, but is the shape of the chamber an oval rather than a circle, because it would be hard to completely get rid of the exhaust gasses otherwise?
 
Well, yes, I can see... :roll:

Or is that reply your inventive way of saying...
"Yes, it's an oval because of that reason" :)
 
^ You are correct, sir! :D The shape of the chamber is an extremely important feature of rotary engines. Think about compression. A piston in a cylinder is relatively easy to think about, but watch the rotor in Renesis' post earlier, and see how the size of the "combustion chamber" is compressed by the "fat - 8" shape....whoever originally came up with rotary engines (I forget the name) was incredibly smart.
 
Howstuffworks.com has a pretty cool animation and explination of how a rotary works.

Check it out here: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine8.htm

If you click on the "Click Here for Cycle Breakdown" button in the little Flash animation there is a very clear breakdown of the compression, combustion and exhuast stages of the rotary.
 
well my opinion on rotary engines, shit , it looks like a washer maching.

laundry_dryers.jpg


pistons pump!! rotarys rinse, dry, repeat. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
 
Boooooooooo! Hiss! :evil:


You can have all the pistons you want, I'll take the washer thank you very much. :p
 
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