One of the rotary engine's biggest champions, AIE has been advancing rotary design since 2012. Its latest release shows that Wankel engines can be a perfect fit for compact, power-demanding ...

The Wankel engine never really fulfilled its promises and hopes, though over its history over 25 major automobile, motorcycle, tractor, and aircraft companies, ranging from Suzuki to Rolls-Royce ...

The Wankel rotary engine is known for its troubled life in the mainstream automotive industry, its high power-to-weight ratio, and the intoxicating buzz it makes at full tilt. Popular with die-hard… ...

LiquidPiston's tiny rotary engine is a modern take on the Wankel rotary, and it's around the same size as a ... the Army became interested in the product for its Unmanned Aircraft ...

The first rotary engines were primarily used for aircraft during World War I, but the design was abandoned due to flaws and inefficiencies. ... In a Wankel rotary engine, ...

Like the air-cooled engine, the rotary engine saw interest and production among big manufacturers peter out around the turn of the century. The Wankel survived until 2012, when Mazda killed the ...

The Wankel rotary engine is named for Felix Wankel, who was... not a nice guy. By Jonathon Klein. Updated Jan 5, ... There were aircraft, tractors, and even a few motorcycles, too.

The host of this video describes the tiny motor as a "Wankel rotary model aircraft engine," and while it looks very much like a toy, there's nothing toy-like about the classic, rotary-smooth, high ...

The video comes courtesy of [Warped Perception], and features a small Wankel rotary engine intended for model aircraft. The engine’s end plate is removed and replaced with a transparent plate ...

Mazda has not given up on the rotary engine but is repurposing it for modern electric vehicles. The Mazda MX-30 e-SKYACTIV R-EV plug-in hybrid comes with a 0.8-liter (830cc) rotary engine.

We've written a few times before about the fascinating LiquidPiston rotary engine. It's not a Wankel – indeed, it's closer to an inside-out Wankel – and with only two moving parts, it's able ...