Thread: Cool Animation on How Rotary Engines work
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Old 08-06-2011, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by sixto View Post
I have difficulty following how the crank makes 3 rotations for each rotor cycle.

Sixto
87 300D
I think you may have that backwards....there are three combustion cycles for each revolution--one for each of the three "sides" of the rotor . At least that is how I have understood it.
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