Internal combustion engines are a relatively new development in terms of human history. A lot of people still alive today ...

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 ...

3W-International exhibited the new 3W-180 SRE hybrid Wankel engine at this year's Xponential early in the summer of 2017. ... This additional power can be drawn upon when starting a helicopter or ...

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 ...

This “inside-out” approach to the Wankel rotary engine is a key differentiator. ... “On a flight, the pilot used the inefficient APU to burn fuel and reduce the aircraft’s weight.

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 engine's main advantage is a greater power density than a Wankel can achieve because a more-balanced design allows the motor to rev higher—so says Peter King, one of two partners at REDA.

The global wankel engines market is growing due to increase in application in the automotive and aircraft Industries to fuel the product demand, and advancements in internal combustion ...

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 ...

Diamond Aircraft launched its first single-engine piston airplane into the European market in 1992 with the two-seat Dimona—later Diamond—DV20 Katana, powered by a Diamond Wankel engine.

Still, Wankel's story is a fascinating one. His obsession with the idea of building a rotary engine began in 1919 when, at the ripe old age of 17, he had a strangely prophetic dream that he ...