The rotary's reliability problem was mostly an owner problem. Here's the disciplined playbook that keeps FC 13Bs alive.
In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...
Despite electrification taking the lead as an alternative source of propulsion, some automakers, including Toyota, Honda, and ...
Like adding microtextures to plastics, the rotary valve idea in the RevForce design could potentially be an industry game-changer. Traditional Two-Stroke Engine Issues A traditional two-stroke engine ...
In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...
At one point in automotive history, engineers believed they had found a completely new path for internal combustion. The ...
When it comes to unconventional engine design, few exceed the Wankel rotary in terms of weirdness. Despite that, the same basic principles of internal combustion apply here: Fuel and air are mixed and ...
Wankel rotary engines, typically but not exclusively found in Mazdas, certainly lean on the "quirkier" side of modern powertrain systems, made quirkier because most rotary-powered cars on the road ...