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Old 08-06-2011, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by raymr View Post
There are 3 rotor faces, and each one sees combustion. The crank of course has to be at TDC for each combustion event. So BANG-BANG-BANG, 3 spins of the crank.

That is why the torque is so low, but the crank output speed is 3 times faster than the rotors are actually turning.
If that is true, then my understanding is wrong. Oh well, I've been wrong before, ( often, or even always, according to some on OD)
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