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The Hercules W-2000 is a motorcycle which was made by Hercules in Germany. It was the first production motorcycle with a Wankel engine. [3] [4] [1]: 83 [notes 1]It was designed in the late 1960s, [4] first shown at a German trade show (Internationale Fahrrad und Motorrad-Ausstellung IFMA - the International Bicycle and Motorcycle show [6]) in 1970; the prototype had a Sachs KM-914 engine and a ...
Single rotor Wankel engine with 294 cm 3 (18 cu in) displacement, 55 hp (41 kW) and a weight of 28 kg (62 lb). [4] The AE50R is installed on the Schleicher ASH 30, Schleicher ASH 31 and Schiebel Camcopter S-100.
In 1974, Hercules became the first company to offer a Wankel engine powered motorcycle for sale to the general public. A prototype was first shown in 1970 at the West Cologne Autumn Motorcycle Show to a mixed reception and the production bike was sold as a Hercules product except in the United Kingdom, where it was marketed as a DKW motorcycle.
The XF-40 is a single-rotor Wankel engine. It is a 294 cc (17.9 cu in) displacement, liquid-cooled, petrol engine design, with a poly V belt reduction drive with a reduction ratio of 1.25:1. It employs capacitor discharge ignition and produces 36 hp (27 kW) at 6500 rpm.
The NSU Ro 80 was the second mass-produced two-rotor Wankel-powered vehicle after the Mazda Cosmo. In 1967, NSU and Citroën set up a common company, Comotor, to build engines for Citroën and other car makers. Norton made motorcycles using Wankel engines. AvtoVaz (Lada) manufactured single and twin rotored Wankel powered cars in the early 1980s.
The AE75R is a twin-rotor four-stroke, 588 cc (35.9 cu in) displacement, air and liquid-cooled, gasoline Wankel engine design, with a helical gear mechanical gearbox reduction drive with reduction ratio of 2.96:1.
The Mercedes-Benz M 950 is a prototype Wankel rotary engine made by Daimler-Benz. It was first described in Wolf-Dieter Bensinger's 1969 essay Der heutige Entwicklungsstand des Wankelmotors, published in January of 1970. [1] The engine was developed by Daimler-Benz's Wankel engine department, headed by Bensinger.
The Norton Wankel engine was further developed at Staverton airport into the MidWest aero-engine. The MidWest engine's output increased from BSA's 85 bhp to nearly 110 bhp [16] by improving volumetric efficiency. This was achieved by feeding pressurised air to cool the rotors which was then dumped overboard (rather than fed to the combustion ...