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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German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden...
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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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consumption, the days of the rotary engine were numbered. The Wankel is a type of rotary engine. The Wankel engine is about one half the weight and size...
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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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{\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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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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constructed, only the Wankel engine has achieved widespread adoption. The term rotary combustion engine has been used as a name for these engines[citation needed]...
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YS engine – 2.3 L Nissan BD engine – 2.5/3.0 L Nissan ED engine – 3.0/3.3, used on 1976 Nissan Clipper Nissan showed a prototype Wankel rotary engine at...
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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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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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an inverted Wankel engine that operates on the high-efficiency hybrid cycle. In the Wankel, the only successful pistonless rotary engine to date, a figure-eight-like...
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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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Turbo Kawasaki Ninja H2 Kawasaki Ninja H2R The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure...
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Mazda (category Motor vehicle engine manufacturers)
in 1931. Mazda is known for its innovative technologies, such as the Wankel engine, the SkyActiv platform, and the Kodo Design language. It also has a...
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Chevrolet Monza (section Wankel engine)
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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Hercules W-2000 (redirect from Hercules Wankel 2000)
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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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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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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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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rotary engine such as the Wankel engine in place of the cylinders and valve gear of a conventional reciprocating steam engine. Many such engines have been...
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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. Although some mopeds, such...
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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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engines First Wankel engine – 1964 NSU Spider First front-wheel-drive car with Wankel engine – 1966 NSU Ro 80 First 2-rotor Wankel engine – 1966 NSU Ro...
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business executive. He supervised the development of the Mazda Wankel rotary combustion engine, and served as Mazda's President (1984–1987) and Chairman (1987–1992)...
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Norton Motorcycle Company (category Aircraft engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
Hege, John B. (13 August 2015). The Wankel Rotary Engine: A History. McFarland. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-7864-8658-8. "Wankel Delay". Cycle World Magazine. December...
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NSU Motorenwerke (section Lawn mower engine)
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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Mazda RX-8 (category Cars powered by Wankel engines)
rotary Wankel engine. The RX-8 was available for the 2003 model year in most parts of the world. The Mazda RX-8 utilizes a rotary Wankel engine, and the...
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