rotary's first problem?
01-13-02, 08:18 AM
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rotary's first problem?
Someone told me the other day that the first problem they had with the rotary when they got it together is that they couldnt control the speed, because when it's compressing it's also firing so that it would spin up faster and faster, is that true and if so how did they solve that?
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probably same as any other car, use the throttle to lower the amount of air you allow into it, and eventually it can't sustain its momentum and starts slowing down until it reaches an equilibrium (idle).
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Re: rotary's first problem?
Originally posted by kotkovetz
Someone told me the other day that the first problem they had with the rotary when they got it together is that they couldnt control the speed, because when it's compressing it's also firing so that it would spin up faster and faster, is that true and if so how did they solve that?
Someone told me the other day that the first problem they had with the rotary when they got it together is that they couldnt control the speed, because when it's compressing it's also firing so that it would spin up faster and faster, is that true and if so how did they solve that?
Think about it... in a piston engine, while one cylinder is firing another is compressing, another is taking in air, etc.
A Wankel works like like a piston engine... it is still an Otto-cycle engine. The difference is that the Otto cycle's events happen all in the same spot at different times, while the Wankel's happen all at the same time but in different spots.
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