Anybody watch it? Had a question about the rotary engine.

 

No, what was the question?

 

Who was the founder of the rotary engine. Or something like that. MY whole family looked at me and my eyes got so big and i YELLED the answer.

 

Haha, thats funny

 

actually, he is just moved the ports to the correct position then repatented it. the first guy who came up with the shape of the rotors and housing had the ports in the wrong place. there was a book about him

 

Yea my first guess of trochoid was wrong. LOL JJ

 

funny stuff Nick....lol

 

I am tring to see if i can get a video of this question. I ll let you all know if I do.

 

Oh yea i was sitting in the other room and hear this person yelling at me going "Hey who the hell invented the Rotary engine? Thats impossible to know..." and i yelled back "Felix Wankel, duh, what are you stupid or somthing!! who dosnt know that!!" and then they felt real stupid.. and i felt great!!

 

I guess Im wrong...I assumed that you guys were talking Indian Casino.

...what 2 bucks can do for you .

 

Wrong on 3 counts, 1st, I'm not that old, 2nd I'm not dead, I'l check in the morning and let you know, 3rd, well, we all know the answer to that one.

Nice try though, and you are buttering me up for what?

 

Why do I have to be buttering you up?

 

 

Wankel wasn't the founder of the rotary engine. It was around long before he started his work on it.

Wankel perfected the rotary engine for mass production and use and he came up with a unique housing design and seal design that made he engine much more reliable than previous attempts.

He came up with some pretty complex rotary engines that failed before he settled for the design we know and love.

This link follows the history pretty closley from what I recall from researching the rotary engine for an engineering class I was taking.

http://www.citroen.mb.ca/citroenet/m...l/wankel1.html

 

Trochoid, he's not buttering you up, it's just fun prodding at old guys such as yourself because it allows us youngin's to enjoy life while we still can. Y'know, before we hit 40 (I'm so going to get creamed for this, I know it) and spend all our time in our garage making a double wide body 1st Gen with a 26B.

 

Thats some cool info there defakto. Put it into favorites

 

Go to the head of the class young rotorhead. Though not the inventor, Felix did manage to make the rotary a viable engine and that is where his credit/fame lies.

Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that one.

Nick and I have has some PMs and phone coversations, so I was poking fun at him.

Are you going to get creamed, don't ask that question. It leaves you open for too many responses that aren't appropriate for and are against the forum rules, lol. Besides, haven't you heard, 'Life begins at 40'. If I'm still here and kicking when I start my 2nd '40', I'll let you know how the 1st one went.

 

I agree^.

 

They had the show on in our office. Wow what a lousy show. But anyway yea the question caught my attention LOL.



AHEM: I'm almost 41. Actually to be more accurate I'm 16 going on 41.

 

Wacky! Does the casino know you have those pics! BUSTED!

 

Dammm