很久以来,聪明的机械设计师们设计出了很多种发动机形式,但是总是没有哪个能够革了活塞发动机的命.现在权当是一种艺术品来欣赏吧. 5 C( Y! Y. z. y( _! I: g看看这个.E文的评价不是我写的哦. 3 T9 @4 r* b3 }: A h2 V5 xThis design took a hell of alot of work. He has a running prototype, it has alot of great animations and material on the website with regards to this design. I truly congratulate this individual for coming up with an alternate design and then making it work. l/ I0 ~. o' v o- v1 J" L& b3 b# Q y4 J6 Y However (and there always is a however), designer seems hell-bent to keep certain ideas that he had from the beginning of the design, most notably not using oil lubrication or water cooling. His test runs work, but this will melt down without oil & water.8 |: d. k/ i# G9 @ 7 A) x/ ^7 V5 ~3 q8 r8 S This is a real example of where I feel the designer does not seem to realize that 70% of the energy created by combustion is hitting un-moveable walls, the force/area problem I've talked of before. I believe there is a good reason that no performance figures are noted anywhere for torque or horsepower, and that is because these numbers are poor. My bet is that this design is LESS efficient than a regular Briggs & Stratton engine. Just a guess.' ]$ J# | F7 n- {4 M
! T5 n" z1 o) a5 J, }$ S) A( YUPDATED 11/15/2002 9 ^' e7 ^% M0 d( k' sOn further review, this is a nice design, not a rotary (and does not claim to be) but a QuasiTurbine (as the name implies). And, unfortunately, simply another way to burn fuel. |