PlumMtoWikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agoWankel engine(en.wikipedia.org)external-linkarrow-up1174arrow-down14message-square32fedilink
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkWankel engine(en.wikipedia.org)PlumMtoWikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarevoracitudeEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkI don’t know what the other guy is referencing, but I’ve been keeping an eye on a company called LiquidPiston, who are developing a modified Wankel, and the seals are one of the problems they talk about tackling. This article from Ars is kinda recent and goes into it a bit: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/this-inside-out-design-solves-most-of-the-rotary-engines-problems/
I don’t know what the other guy is referencing, but I’ve been keeping an eye on a company called LiquidPiston, who are developing a modified Wankel, and the seals are one of the problems they talk about tackling. This article from Ars is kinda recent and goes into it a bit: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/this-inside-out-design-solves-most-of-the-rotary-engines-problems/