LiquidPiston is testing a 10-kW generator it's prototyped for the US military, which it claims is just a quarter of the size ...

This engine is the basis of the modern “Wankel” rotary engine. Piston powered engines, chiefly the Otto and Diesel cycle, are current kings of the internal combustion mountain. Piston powered ...

MZ took a license from NSU to use the Wankel engine to replace the two-stroke engine that powered its motorcycles at that time. In the first Wankel motorcycle, the rotary mill came mated to the ...

Mazda isn't exactly known for record-setting speeds, but that hasn't stopped the company from producing some iconic and ...

In a rotary engine the typical Otto cycle takes place in an oval-shaped ... The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Wankel Engines Market by Type (Water Cooled and Air Cooled), and Application (Automotive and Aerospace): Global Opportunity Analysis and ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

The average two stroke engine suffers power losses from a less complete intake and exhaust and shorter effective compression and power stroke, making the power output nearly equivalent. Rotary (Wankel ...

var digg_url = 'https://digg.com/hardware/Delorean_with_a_300hp_3_rotor_Wankel_engine'; In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with ...

You may have heard your car has a four-stroke engine, but you're not sure what that means. Why are there four? And what is a stroke, anyway? A modern gas engine most commonly uses pistons and a ...