Paul,

Click on the link below and watch the high speed video of combustion
in a diesel engine.  Wouldn't it be interesting to repeat this for a
rotary.

George

http://www.photron.com/content.cfm?n=gallery
http://tinyurl.com/nkm5a3
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nkm5a3

It sure would. All we need now is a glass rotary engine.

Paul Lamar


There has been video of piston engine flame front (not explosion), that
used a quartz piston. The spark could be seen and the flame front
propegating from it. Then they showed detonation. WOW. You can then see why
it is so destructive. For a Wankel, a hole could be drilled in and a tube
welded like a pport but smaller, that would fit the camera. A locking system
to hold the sensor in place would be required. A fisheye lens on the chamber
end that was just below the housing ID should show the combustion. Close to
the lead plug would likely be the place to install the camera.

Dale Davies
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