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Originally Posted by Bill Verburg
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Ok. Fully understood. Thanks.
The list of benefits states no apex seals which I believe were the bane of the Wankel. Still, the mating surfaces have to see some wear, but not watching the first vid, IDK if that is addressed. Subsequent reading indicates 100,000 hours before overhaul. That's a long time as most of what it would be powering could be past its useful life well before that.
1000 RPM idle with a 25,000 redline. I rather think this is a low torque affair, but again a non-narrated video only serves to show exactly how the thing works, not how it performs.
There were never many details about Jocko Johnson's engine that was a circular affair called the Power Ring. His had 18 'cylinders' and it was supposedly a "3-cycle" operation. It was never actually built that I know of. His claims of power to size and weight were similar. 18 points of combustion suggests a lot of torque.
Johnson focused on the problems inherent to the reciprocal engine. Since he lived in the world of nitro powered piston engines, he wanted to eliminate cranks and rods. These things have worked for us for nearly a century and a half while many alternatives have never really changed anything. When you think about it, that isn't very logical.
The electric motor is perfect. The infrastructure and energy source is not.
I should bear the original video before commenting further.