John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> writes: > Yeah, it's vapoware. It's been around for many years, and never has > gone beyond the "look, it runs on compressed air" stage. It's an > interesting concept, but just offhand I can tell you that sealing > those piston chambers is likely a major long term reliability > issue. The wankel is already a headache, and it doesn't have a > multidimensionally convoluted combustion chamber seal. Here's the thing... between internal combustion engines and steam engines, just about every conceivable design has been tried at some point. There a reason that most never made it past the prototype stage, and it's not a government/big oil conspiracy. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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