For all you RAND-CAM fans, there is a new combustion test video on their
website as of Jan 20 2006.  They are testing new engine components
and are demonstrating combustion in the sliding vane chambers.
The engine is not running and is being turned by a lathe but you can
see flame coming out both exhaust ports.
The RAND-CAM is a diesel rotary (not a Wankel) that fires 24 times
per crank revolution.  It looks like they are pushing ahead on this
concept.  Whether it ultimately works as advertised, stay tuned!
I am not connected with the RAND-CAM in any way other than a
potential customer down the road.

                                        Glenn

This is a recording.

It won't work worth a damn. It is a stock scam pure and simple.

It does not meet the requirements of a successful rotary engine
in several respects. Stay away from it.


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By Kenichi Yamamoto from his book "Rotary Engine" 1981

1.3     REQUIREMENTS FOR A PRACTICAL ROTARY ENGINE
       Although various types of rotary engines have been
developed to date, there are few that do not qualify as internal
combustion engines or do not qualify as a practical engine even
if they satisfy the qualifications of an internal combustion
engine.
       The requirements for a rotary engine to be qualified
as a practical internal combustion engine can be summed up in
the following five items. The practicality of various ideas on
rotary engines can be judged by evaluating them by these
criteria:

(1) Every moving part, including the timing mechanism, should
make a rotating motion. A mechanism having a reciprocating
inertia will increase mechanical noise and vibration, and will
work against high speed and high revolution.  Accordingly,
structures that require intake and exhaust valves and
mechanisms using the rotors oscillatory motion are not
desirable.

(2)     Gas seals or the working chamber should be three
dimensionally reliable.  The gas seal mechanism of a rotary
engine should be constituted by connecting the individual seals
three dimensionally. Among the many ideas we come across are
those that don't show such three dimensional thoughts.

(3)     Appropriate gas exchange of intake and exhaust should
take place. Together with having a mechanism that can correctly
open and close the ports, sufficient time for intake and exhaust
should be provided especially for high speed and high
revolution.  Among the ideas on rotary engines, there are some
that ignore this point.

(4)     Every component part should have the strength to endure
high speed and high pressure.  As the component parts are
exposed to high pressure, high sliding velocity and high heat
load, every part should have sufficient allowance in size and in
shape.

(5)     Sufficient cooling and lubrication should be provided.
In order to qualify as an internal combustion engine, although
this is related to above (4), durability against high heat load,
high sliding velocity, etc. are required. Therefore, the
structure should be simple, and the ideas on rotor cooling,
lubrication of seal parts, and oil seal structure should be
those that are given adequate thought.
       Also, it is desirable for a practical rotary engine to
have a simple and compact structure. When we evaluate the
various type's of rotary engines devised to date in view of the
above mentioned requirements, the NSU Wankel type rotary engine
is the engine that best satisfies the above mentioned
requirements.

Paul Lamar

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