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What Killed The Rotary Engine?
What killed the rotary engine? Wankel engines have struggled to compete with piston cylinder engines, despite their many ...
After decades of usage, Mazda discontinued the rotary engine in 2012. Now, many people are wondering if the company has plans ...
WASHINGTON – LiquidPiston, supported by Army innovation programs, is poised to transform the U.S. Army’s capabilities as the ...
Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.
Mazda has promised, over multiple generations, that it has the skill to tame these issues, but it has been unsuccessful. The ...
LONDON, England (CNN)-- The rotary engine is one of the most pleasing solutions in engineering history. Where conventional engines convert the lateral push and pull movement of pistons into ...
Mazda stunned the world with the RX-Vision concept last year and now we have the first details on its new rotary engine. Currently under development, Mazda’s next-generation rotary engine has ...
Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.
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An curved arrow pointing right. Aliaksei Zholner built a tiny working rotary engine out of a piece of paper. The engine runs on compressed air. He was prompted to build the engine after reading a ...
The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...