Paul, Rotary APU for the M1 Tank:

http://www.patpower.com/research/

Jeff

Wow! Thanks Jeff.

I knew about this engine years ago but I did not know it
made it into the Abrams M1 tank.

It is based on the Norton and one of the few rotaries
that will run on jet A which the tank gas turbine uses.
Here are some pictures taken by me at some tech gathering
years ago.

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If you look at the animation very carefully you can see what looks
like a NACA scoop shaped depression in the rotor face.

This could be a major breakthrough in the BSFC of the rotary.
Worth a try in the Mazda gasoline version.
I think a steel plate can be screwed down in the current
rotor face depression with this configuration.
Just to try it out. A plate could also be brazed in.
The volume of the new depression must be carefully calculated
so as to not change the current RX8 compression ratio.

This may also be what Mazda is using in the high efficiency
fourth coming 16X.

Paul Lamar



with the good numbers for this little engine why not build a big one to power the tank with and double its range!
Bill Jepson


You mean like this one.

Paul Lamar