Imario rotary engine

[travellinbob]

Hi guys I recently bought an old copy(4th feb 1960) of The Motor Cycle magazine on e-bay because it had an interesting article on an Italian rotaru engine likened to the wankel.
It is a very small article but has a few cool photos. Has anyone heard of this before?
One quote that I thought was potentially mind blowing was this

" Imario's engine works on a similar principal tp the NSU-Wankel engine, though the rotor may have more than three flanks and the chamber more than two lobes."

That is a concept I have never heard of before.


Also hope that by quoting this magazine article i have not done bad things with reguard to copyright. If any mod thinks I might have please delete and ban me fopr life.! :evillaugh

[g11ary]

Ok concider yourself banned, power, what a wonderful thing.

There was alink on here a while ago on some rotors that have had more than 3 side, if I recall 4 and more sided rotors have been expirmented with, non ever in production?

[travellinbob]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, banned, how, why.... life will never be the same.....(cue the tears)


If anyone knows the link I would be happy to buy them beer if and when I was to meet them.( NB, only beer on offer ok!)
Mind you if i am banned then..........? sniff sniff...

[g11ary]

Ok your not banned, sometimes Im just too soft. (no comments please)

You might find this interesting.
http://www.monito.com/wankel/vehicles.html#misc

[Carl]

Felix Wankel put together many many idea's into a compilation and accreddited many other types and ideas for rotary engines to the various inventors,among them were derivations of the same principle that he used for the 3 lobe rotor and two lobe housing,but with 4 rotor lobes,and 3 housings lobes,and so on.
Regards
Carl

[Brett]

I'm tempted to send a letter to Rolls Royce regarding their Rotary experiments, if I get a response I'll let you know :)

[Carl]

I have seen two of the Rolls Royce engines.
Regards
Carl

[iaint]

I have seen two of the Rolls Royce engines.
Rergards
Carl

Typically cryptic Carl reply there!

Details Carl, details..?

[Ricco_04]

Rolls Royce expiremented with the setup like no one else but Mazda! They built 1,2,3,4 rotor engines, diesel ones and some with more than 3 tips!

Nissan, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes, Suzuki and Norton also dabbled with Rotary's (cant remember who else)

[Carl]

I think that the most prolific players with the Wankel engine are Curtiss Wright.
The made an engine with a rotor almost as big as a man,the only trouble was that it's flame front could not keep up with the rotor!
They made many multi rotor engines including 6 rotor ones.
Regards
Carl

[Ricco_04]

I think that the most prolific players with the Wankel engine are Curtiss Wright. They made an engine with a rotor almost as big as a man

Wow thats just ace! :3gears-lh

And sure enough I just found this - talk about engine bulge!!

[Brett]

Nice pic, can we have some liks to any sites with good write ups?

[Ricco_04]

I got this from the post Lisa did the other day (about MRC being the daddy! :cool ) Was one from the rotary top 100. I did mean to credit it, I'll have a look see when I get home.

[Norton]

This single rotor monster measured 31,500 cc's and produced 780 bhp at just 1500 rpm. I dont think that it would fit in a bike though :D

[Martiny]

I dont think thats the biggest, I am pretty sure Rolls -Royce made a bigger one....

[Carl]

I dont think thats the biggest, I am pretty sure Rolls -Royce made a bigger one....

In the flesh the Rolls Royce ones appear smaller to me that the Curtiss Wright one.
The Rolls ones were of a big rotor and a small rotor combined.The big rotor fed the smaller rotor.
Regards
Carl

[Martiny]

Ah thats correct, Carl. The big rotor was the supercharger for the small one.

[Ada7]

I'm guessing that these huge rotoary engines went in to planes yeh? Any pitures of the planes themsevles? And why are the Rolls Royce engines such a big mystery? do they not let anyone see them or something? :)

Adam

[Martiny]

I doubt they were for planes, Tanks and the like IIRC