01-19-2007, 01:04 PM
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| Guest | Re: OT Interesting video
> Ryan Cousineau writes:
>>>>>> But how about this concept:
> http://www.starrotor.com/Engine.htm
jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
>>> The Wankel is dead!
> Ryan Cousineau writes:
>> E pur si muove:
> http://www.mazda.co.uk/Showroom/RX-8/
jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org wrote:
> I don't understand your comment, "and also one moves"?
> It will remain as a boutique experiment and appeal to those who seek to
> be different. As a useful engine, it is dead for the reasons cited.
> It has not made any advances in IC propulsion and remains a problem
> that has not been solved.
He was paraphrasing Galileo Galilei who, after being convicted of heresy
for disputing that Earth was the fixed center of the universe, is said
to have muttered, "And yet it moves".
http://www.usgovernetics.com/Fri-to-Geo/galileo.php
Cute but not exactly germaine to Wankel.
IIRC it's usually 'Eppur si muove' but I'm not an expert
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