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| Originally Posted by brian eiland One unit that caught my attention was this RotaMax engine, a concept that has had a long maturity age with the Mazda auto manufacturer….pretty well proven by this time, and hi-power density. I might question its torque capabilities? [/url] |
Interesting idea Brian. Rotary engines can produce high power figures for their size (and also tend to be very smooth running), but as you have said, they have even less low rev torque than a piston engine, probably having characteristics closer to that of a turbine.
You'd probably need to gear it down and add some forced induction.
If you added a reduction gearbox, you might as well add a 90deg. elbow and lie the engine down as it was designed to run.
I think torque would be the first hurdle.