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Originally Posted by hypurone
Well, the rotor themselves would be "considered" the "pistons as it were". The housings are the combustion "chambers". And to really twist your brain, the path that the rotors travel is "epitrochoidal".  |
WTF did you just post? LOL!!! Yeah - well - I'm a dodecahedron (HTF is that spelled?...)
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Each rotor is akin to 3 cylinders (well, pistons if you want to be picky). But since it completes the equivalent to a 4 stroke cycle (suck, squeeze, bang, blow) it will fire 3 times each cycle, which is the same as what a 6 cylinder engine does.
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Is that why, until the last RX8, those engines were considered too inefficient, then, because they are really almost three-cylinder engines per rotor? Sh*t - here comes that headache again
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Originally Posted by PQ
I tried finding an LS3 one. There are none.
Just an illustration on how it all works.
The one illustration I think is a Honda. lol VVT.
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I really think these are great animations. I couldn't wrap my mind around how a rotary works, and I'm closer than I have ever been now, so thanks
