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gone-ot · 05-05-2014, 08:54 PM

All the *old* sliding seals problems of a Wankel...with...the *new* problems of socketed push-rod (reciprocator) pistons!

Plus, that's a LOT of mass rotating around there...have they ever heard of the gyroscopic problems encountered with the Gnome aircraft engines of WWI?

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gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	All the old sliding seals problems of a Wankel...with...the new problems of socketed push-rod (reciprocator) pistons! Plus, that's a LOT of mass rotating around there...have they ever heard of the gyroscopic problems encountered with the Gnome aircraft engines of WWI? Last edited by gone-ot; 05-05-2014 at 10:02 PM..