The video show a Briggs and Stratton running on gasoline alcohol and
 acetylene, I wish it were possible to do this with the rotary to test
 some ideas

 Working Engine With Crystal Clear Head Shows Combustion Process In
 Real Time
 http://altdriver.com/story/working-engine-with-crystal-clear-head-shows-combustion-process-in-real-time/
 <http://altdriver.com/story/working-engine-with-crystal-clear-head-shows-combustion-process-in-real-time/

Alex Molteno


 Can you share those ideas Alex? :-)

 Paul Lamar



 I was thinking along the ideas and modifications you Frank and others
 were talking about a few weeks ago, guiding flame fronts, additional
 spark pugs (side by side) more complete combustion of hydrocarbons
 instead of mixture igniting while going out the exhaust, changing
 compression ratios with inserts, additional shapes to induce more
 swirl for complete combustion.

If you could film it in real time what
 a great way to test these ideas if it were possible to have a clear
 view on to the rotary combustion chamber.


Alex Molteno

Attempts have been made to do that in the recent  past (2015) on the rotary
but due to the geometry and other temperature considerations
it has not been very successful.

What has worked recently has been CFD. CFD gives you velocity
and pressure. CFD is improving all
the time. If somebody built my idea of a multiple piece  rotor that
bypassed squish air it would be very very difficult to see that
optically. It was CFD results that gave me the idea.

Paul Lamar

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