by "Tom Peranteau" <thomas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 17, 2006 at 11:19 PM
Excellent animation! Thanks so much for that link. It does well to
illustrate how the rotary works.
Tom
"Michael C" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> For all the old crowd here that used to discuss displacement of the
> rotary, have a look at this animation:
>
> http://mikesdriveway.com/misc/radialrotarycomparison.gif
>
> The engine in the centre has 2 banks of 3 radial pistons (1 bank only
> shown). Each piston is 654cc swept volume and expands over 270 degrees.
If
> we count all cylinders it is a 3.9 litre engine but it only inducts 2.6
> litres per 2 revs. What is the displacement of this engine?
>
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