> Hi Folks;
     >
     > I have been passing along some interesting links on the other list
     > lately - some of you here may be interested:
     >
     > Manuals:
     > http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html

    Hi folks,
    has anyone had any success downloading Kenichi Yamamoto's Rotary Engine
    book from the 'manuals' address?
    All I get is a pdf with a bunch of blank pages!
    BR, Dave McC (no such thing as a free lunch....)

    Kind of low rez but it worked for me Dave.
    --
    Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Great Link!  Thanks!
Allen Slominski
Houston, TX

Worked ok for me as well.
There are some empty pages at first, at the front and also at the end.
Try to go down several pages and text will appear.

The book also confirms the linear relationship between piston travel and
volume change.
I also would like to express my thanks for the great link.

Rolf

Don't you mean rotor travel Rolf?

Paul Lamar

OK. Rotor travel, Sorry.

PS.: I look at it like a piston in a Recip going up and down with an
additional rotation to it all. The stroke is 3*E = 45 mm, RX8.
Since the 'piston' rotates, it is a different 'animal' and should be
called differently, namely a rotor. No argument.

Rolf

It is not exactly like there is no precedent for calling it
a piston. I have heard terms like "rotary piston engine".
Particularly in Europe. Just adds to the rampant confusion IMHO.
I am amazed that so few people in the automotive world
still don't understand how it works after almost 50 years.
Here is Norbye's first pages on the subject. I think Norbye was
The only person ever writing about it that correctly likened
it to a gas turbine. Particularly in the P-port version.
There never is a physical barrier between the incoming
air and the exhaust gases. Unlike a gas turbine however
it does not compressor stall :)

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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