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    The Wankel engine (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion...
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    Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel, a German...
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  • Wankel Diesel engine describes the idea of using the Diesel principle in a Wankel rotary engine. Several attempts to build such an engine have been made...
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    Wankel engine was named. Wankel joined various radical antisemitic organizations after World War I and was a prominent member of the Nazi Party. Wankel was...
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  • layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorized by the number of rotors present. Gas turbine engines are often categorized into turbojets...
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    The General Motors Rotary Combustion Engine (GMRCE) is an internal combustion Wankel engine which uses a rotary design to convert pressure into a rotating...
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  • piston and Wankel "rotary" engines. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations. Although Mazda is well known for their Wankel "rotary"...
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    The Wankel is a type of rotary engine. The Wankel engine is about one half the weight and size of a traditional four-stroke cycle piston engine of equal...
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    from the conceptually similar Wankel engine by using a generally prismatic shaped piston that orbits the axis of the engine, without rotation, rather than...
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    Hercules in Germany. It was the first production motorcycle with a Wankel engine.: 83  It was designed in the late 1960s, first shown at a German trade...
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    the Wayback Machine – gives details of this engine as well as comparisons with conventional and Wankel engines The Prius's Not So Secret Gas-Mileage Secrets...
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    {\text{number of cylinders}}} Using this formula for non-typical types of engine, such as the Wankel design and the oval-piston type used in Honda NR motorcycles,...
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    described in QT-Wankel: Two Concepts 100 Years Apart. Although many different designs have been constructed, only the Wankel engine has achieved widespread...
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    engine. The car was designed to accommodate the GM-Wankel rotary engine, but due to mediocre fuel economy and emissions-compliance issues the engine was...
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  • products are reciprocating engines and Wankel engines. The Wankel aero-engines are developed from the MidWest AE series engines developed at Staverton by...
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    two-stroke or four-stroke internal combustion engines, but other engine types, such as Wankels and electric motors, have been used.[citation needed] Although...
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    NSU Ro 80 (category Cars powered by Wankel engines)
    twin-rotor Wankel engine driving the front wheels through a semi-automatic transmission with an innovative vacuum-operated clutch system. Engine dimensions...
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  • Look up wankel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wankel may refer to: Wankel engine, a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary...
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    Source: RMV Aero Sport International Wade Aero (WANKEL) 2 Types AeroTwin AT972T Aerojet produced rocket engines for missiles. It merged with Pratt & Whitney...
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    between the two. The Wankel engine working chamber is mobile while the RKM chamber is stationary. The axis of rotation in the Wankel engine moves in a circle...
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    Mazda 787B (category Cars powered by Wankel engines)
    787s were the last Wankel rotary-powered racing cars to compete in the World and Japanese championships, using Mazda's R26B engine. Although the 787 and...
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  • Max Bentele (category Wankel engines)
    His contributions to the development of the Wankel engine earned him the title, "Father of the Wankel Engine in the United States".[citation needed] Bentele...
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    NSU Spider (redirect from NSU Wankel Spider)
    production car in the world to be powered by a Wankel rotary engine. The water-cooled single rotor engine and standard front disc brakes differentiated...
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    Shahed 131 (category Wankel-engined aircraft)
    civilian targets. It is powered by a Wankel engine model Shahed-783/788. The Shahed-131 is powered by the Serat-1 Wankel engine, which is a copy of the Beijing...
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    Ramjet (redirect from Ramjet engine)
    A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently...
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    Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE (category Cars powered by Wankel engines)
    twin-rotor wankel rotary engine is configured to run on either hydrogen or gasoline. This is the fifth Mazda vehicle to be fitted with a hydrogen wankel rotary...
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    petrol-powered piston engines are straight engines or V engines. However, flat engines, W engines and other layouts are sometimes used. Wankel engines are classified...
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    backwards." Also in 1964, NSU partnered with Citroën to develop the Wankel engine via the Comotor subsidiary, which resulted in the abortive 1973 Citroën...
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    piston engines, along with variants, such as the six-stroke piston engine and the Wankel rotary engine. A second class of internal combustion engines use...
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    294 cc (79.0 cu in) (21072) or 1,570 cc (96 cu in) (21074) engines. (The 21079 was a Wankel engined version.) The first 2104 station wagon appeared in 1984...
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