vjaqua wrote:

Paul - I added a representation of the gear system to my animated model, and
this added to my conviction
that the Wankel is one of the most "toe bone is connected to the --to the---to
the--- to the head bone"
devices that I have seen in a long time. - Boy!! you do not just "bore and
stroke " this rascal. Everything
is connected together. The pitch line radius of the filed gear apparently has
to be exactly twice the
eccentic offset, and the ptch line radius for the gear on the rotor 3 times
that. You could probably grind
out the housing a little for a rework if you were willing for the tip seals to
extend further out - does
any one do that - Vance

I have heard rumors that the housing is not a perfect trochoid.

Paul Lamar

That is very likely, probably for the same reason that pistons are not truely round - preshaped
for unequal thermal expansion. - Vance

 
The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.              Powered by Linux.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            http://www.linux.org