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Title: A new engine...
Post by: RedRotors on April 28, 2006, 03:51:42 pm: http://www.angellabsllc.com/index.html

Nice work!

Marc/
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Post by: DVST8R on April 28, 2006, 06:07:28 pm: That's crazy!!! I want one :twisted:
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Post by: lesharoturbo on April 28, 2006, 06:46:15 pm: Dude, that is so weird. I was just looking at that same site last night. I logged in to post it and it was already here.

FREAKY!
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Post by: Northern RD on May 01, 2006, 10:17:14 am: Quote from: lesharoturbo
Dude, that is so weird. I was just looking at that same site last night. I logged in to post it and it was already here.

FREAKY!

Old technology though. The toroidal design goes back a long way and I have an article from a 1968 issue of Popular Science describing the engine(and several other freak rotaries) in detail: antone intrested in a repeint of the artcle?
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Post by: BlackTieTD on May 01, 2006, 10:19:44 am: sure :)
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Post by: TDForNow on May 01, 2006, 11:21:16 am: I'm curious though, how are they sealing the combustion "chambers" along the paths of the "connecting-rods"?
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Post by: Northern RD on May 02, 2006, 08:43:48 am: Quote from: TDForNow
I'm curious though, how are they sealing the combustion "chambers" along the paths of the "connecting-rods"?

Here you go:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/new_toroidal_in.html

The patents for this engine date back to 1927,..
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Post by: Northern RD on May 02, 2006, 08:55:36 am: More general info on supposedly "new' designs:

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POWER/rotaryIC/rotaryIC.htm
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Post by: TDForNow on May 02, 2006, 09:50:32 am: Thanks!

Theoretically, you could have a 1.4L 300hp/400lb-ft engine that'll fit in the palm of your hand!!?? O-o-o-o-oh the possibilities!!! 8) 8)

WOW !!

Alain
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Post by: shwartzbewithyou on May 03, 2006, 09:44:06 am: Cool, kinda reminds of the mazda rotary but cooler.
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Post by: malone on May 03, 2006, 01:50:25 pm: I saw the original link w/ videos, but I haven't checked the few links above as I'm at work. I have a question: Why hasn't this design been put into practice yet? i.e. production cars. Based on Angel Lab's claims toroidal seems to have better potential than Mazda's rotary (in power and reliability).
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Post by: Northern RD on May 03, 2006, 03:58:08 pm: Quote from: malone
I saw the original link w/ videos, but I haven't checked the few links above as I'm at work. I have a question: Why hasn't this design been put into practice yet? i.e. production cars. Based on Angel Lab's claims toroidal seems to have better potential than Mazda's rotary (in power and reliability).

Problems with cam and bearing failure where issues with the Tschudi and I`d imagine the same thing occured here. Ideas of this sort always seem promising as theory but when it comes to making an engine that`ll last in the real world without catastrophic failures, the theory always seems to come up short; of the several dozen designs that came out in the last century, only the Wankel made it into the real world and that has been with the benefit of nearly 60 years of development,... :? :?