"Kent, Russell" wrote:

Paul,
Would the below be an intermediate step in the evolution to your "two
motor engine"?  (You didn't comment on it in my earlier message.)

Russell Kent

Would it work better to build a 20B with a funky eccentric shaft?  It
would need to phase rotors #2 and #3 180 degrees apart (instead of the
120 degree phasing between all three lobes on a traditional 20B), and
have a fancy engine control computer that would turn on/off the plugs
and injectors at the right time.  The engine would run on one rotor (low
load) or two rotors (high load).  I think trying to run all three rotors
("war emergency" load?) might give some peculiar engine vibrations and
"rough running" sounds, but if you need the HP of all three rotors,
perhaps that's ok.

I don't know.

If you wanted to separate the one rotor engine and the two rotor engine there 
could be two inputs to the transmission. A current size rotary engine generates about
100 HP per rotor so the one rotor engine in my scheme should be half size
or about 50 HP possibly with its own torque converter. Remember these engines
are small for their power.

Paul Lamar
 
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