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Video of a two rotor Wankel engine Figure 10. Comparison between Wankel and reciprocating engines. [23] Intake Compression Expansion Exhaust Figure 11. Each engine produces an average total power of 76.3 kW at p mi = 11.1 bar and p me = 8.88 bar. Chambers pressure, instantaneous unitary torque, instantaneous and average total torque plotted ...
Felix Heinrich Wankel (German: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈvaŋkl̩]; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. [ 1 ] Early life
Max Bentele (January 15, 1909 – May 19, 2006) was a German-born pioneer in the field of jet aircraft turbines and mechanical engineering.His contributions to the development of the Wankel engine earned him the title, "Father of the Wankel Engine in the United States".
In the 1930s he met Felix Wankel, who became a long-term friend, and with whom Bensinger had a strong bond of trust. [5] From 1943 [6] or 1944 Besinger worked as an engineer with Daimler-Benz AG in Stuttgart [1] where he became head of New Engine Development. From 1945, Bensinger became head of Passenger Car Engine Development. [2]
1972 GM Rotary engine cutaway shows twin-rotors. Popular Science magazine in the May 1972 article "GM Rotary Engine for the 1974 Vega", an illustration of the Wankel installed in a 1974 Vega hatchback showed a different grille, a lower, more sloped hood line, and a "GM Rotary" badge and Wankel crest on the rear quarter panel.
Outdated annual Mazda Wankel "rotary" engine sales without RX-8 and without industry engines (data source: Ward's AutoNews) Mazda was fully committed to the Wankel engine just as the energy crisis of the 1970s struck. The company had all but eliminated piston engines from its products in 1974, a decision that nearly led to the company's collapse.
The Classic used an air-cooled twin-rotor Wankel engine that had been developed by David Garside at BSA's Umberslade Hall research facility. [1] [2] [3] Garside, who had been impressed by the air-cooled single-rotor Fichtel & Sachs engine in the Hercules motorcycle, installed a bought-in F&S engine into a BSA B25 'Starfire' frame as a "proof of concept".
Mistral Engines SA was a Swiss developer and manufacturer of wankel rotary aviation light aircraft, helicopter and unmanned military vehicle engines. [1] Its headquarters was in Geneva, Switzerland [ 2 ] and was majority owned by DEA General Aviation, a Chinese company based in Guangdong .