funky
(Weather Hobbyist)
Wed Oct 19 2005 03:22 PM
Re: Wilma Continued

ahhh rotary engines....the only problem about this is that nobody told wilma that we were supposed to conserve fuel rotary engines are much more fuel-hungry than our piston-engines.

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To discover the cause, look at man-made trochoidal oscillations. The Rotary engine is a brilliant example. The eccentric shaft roates around a fixed point (with the rotors on an offset lobe) and forces the rotor around it in a dual-oval pattern.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine8.htm