Paul, Don
Here is an animation Gordon sent me that illustrates the pumping nature of
the rotor. Pumping is the key word. Every rotation of the e-shaft will
pump out at least the displacement volume of the intake chamber.
Easier than cutting paper.
Doug
Nobody is disputing that fact.
Doug sent a .mov file and my computer will not work with
that file so here is a real animation file that illustrates
the same thing. Being on the road I cannot deal with .mov
files.
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Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
Hi Doug,
What Gordon is not accounting for is that *** simultaneously*** the
rotary is "inhaling"/pumping the next chamber. Look again at the time
line Paul posted. Gordon is accounting for ONE facet of the rotor but
there are THREE in play all the time that need to be considered.
Dave M
Thanks Dave. I was just about to say something about that. If
one looks closely at this animation one can see the e-shaft rotates
several times as one chamber goes through its complete cycle. Obviously one
chamber cannot do it all in one 360 degree revolution of the e-shaft.
It is a team of three chambers all doing the same thing but out
of phase. Ingest 650 cc of air, compress it, combust it and exhaust
it. On average the team processes 650 cc of air and fires it once in
360 degrees. No one team chamber can do it all in one rev.
And again HP is work done in a given time and that is how
we compare the rotary to a piston engine.
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
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