It sure is not reciprocating. I am sure they know about and are frightened
of the Mazda Wankel engine.

Paul Lamar

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Vance W Jaqua wrote:

The Mazda Wankel is really a hybrid between a true
rotory and a recprocating engine. It has about a 1 inch
stroke (twice the eccentric offset) and the swept
volume is about half face area times reciprocation
and half true rotary - swept housing shape!!!
A WWI leRhone is a truer rotary than a Wankel/
Vance

There you go again Vance. The rotary does not "stroke". :) The rotor rotates about
its own center while rotating about the the center of the e-shaft. That is why
they call it a planetary engine.

The LeRhone rotary has reciprocating connecting rods therefore it is
not a true rotary like the wankel.

Paul Lamar
 
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