The mind-bending world of birotary engines - a hybrid of piston and rotary technology that could revolutionize aviation. But ...
You'd think measuring an engine's displacement would be simple, but there's a long history of trying to figure out how to ...
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The most complicated new engine has three cylinders, a rotating block, a stationary head, and is shaped like a circle
Meet the Birotary, a crazy new and complicated engine that has three cylinders arranged like a star, a rotating block, a ...
The rotary engine, previously a staple in Mazda's lineup, is an engine design that foregoes the round piston and singular chamber of a regular reciprocal internal combustion engine. Instead, the ...
Designed and championed by self-taught engineer Felix Wankel, the rotary engine is now most closely associated with Japanese automaker Mazda. Many of the greatest Mazdas ever made, including the RX-7 ...
In 1969, the rotary engine was the future, and with its C 111 prototype, Mercedes-Benz aimed to showcase the potential of the compact, lightweight engine design. At the time, every major automaker had ...
For better or worse, Mazda and the rotary engine are connected like vintage champagne and Gouda cheese. The rotary has since made a comeback in the Euro-only Mazda MX-30 Skyactiv R-EV, but it has ...
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