Richard B Rothrock wrote:

Paul,

Looking at the cutaway picture, the nearest one shows a large intake area to
the side ( behind in picture) of the rotor.  How can the air mixture
compress with that large of a side area, or am I seeing it wrong????

confused in New Mexico,
Rick Rothrock

Does this help? Unfortunately some one rotated the back half of the
e-shaft relative to the front half so it might be confusing.
This split and butterflied engine can be confusing at first.

Take both hands and hold the palms up in front of your face.
Now rotate them and bring them together in the prayer position.

Paul Lamar
 
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