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The Wankel had problems with sealing the `cylinders` due to wear.<br>
There was also a `revolutionary` Australian rotary engine that just
disappeared off the radar too ... with similar technical problems:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_engine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_engine</a><br>
It met the same death as early batteries for electric cars ...
bought out by oil companies ... see `who killed the electric car`<br>
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On 11/08/11 02:56, GF wrote:
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<div>However, I seem to remember another innovative "Hardly any
moving parts engine" called the Wankel which was heralded
as being extremely wondrous,</div>
<div>Whatever happened to it's final development? and would it
run on a gasifier product?</div>
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<div>GF</div>
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