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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 03:31 PM
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4 Rotor Project

i am in the processes of designing a 4 rotor i am u sing autodesk inventor 10 as my program i am looking for any tips

THANKS IN ADVANCE
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Here's one, buy a kit. There's no sense in re-inventing the wheel. There's a few places that sell kits. Kiwi-RE and Hurley do so I believe.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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Rotary Engine by Kenichi Yamamoto will help with basic rotary engine design:
http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html

This document should help with 4-rotor specific issues.
http://www.deanq.com/stuff/rotary/r26b_paper.doc
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Black91n/a
Here's one, buy a kit. There's no sense in re-inventing the wheel. There's a few places that sell kits. Kiwi-RE and Hurley do so I believe.
He said he was going to design one, not build one.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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true i want to desing in Autodesk inventor for my school project. but if you could post a link for a 4 rotor kit that would be great
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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Been there, done that. Although mine isn't a true 4 rotor (no centre bearings, no multiple peice E-shaft, etc), it was good enough to impress the class. Trust me, a 4 rotor sounds like a good idea until you spend 8 hours on a Mitutoyo CMM and then another 14 hours on top of that, and you've only done the end plates. It's a lot of work. PM me if you need any pointers.

This was done in Autodesk Inventor 10. I hate inventor and I wish I used CATIA instead.

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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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Sic man^ So why hasn't Steve built one yet? (MPS)
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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Sic man^ So why hasn't Steve built one yet? (MPS)
I'll be posting a picture in a week or two that I think you'll like.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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Nice is the 12a 4 rotor ready to go public I'm probably going to ask lots of questions haha.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by R.P.M.
Sic man^ So why hasn't Steve built one yet? (MPS)
I don't know!!! I was talking to him about it but he didn't seem interested. He's really busy with other stuff.
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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Well tell him to give me the parts needed to do it and I'll build it. I have everything else...
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