Beautiful engine but high fuel consumption compared with conventional pistons. Why were they never successful in F1 racing———reliability issues?
Hail Rotary.
Amateur question below (You have been warned!):
Considering the advantages mentioned in this video, why are rotaries not more common? As far as I know, only Mazda still uses it and well eh. Why do performance cars opt for piston engines over the rotaries?
They consume large amounts of fuel, thus get bad gas mileage and have high emissions. Plus, they apex seals he talked about wear out faster than piston rings (higher maintenance requirement) and they consume oil by design as well. Rotary buyers were always told to check oil EVERY time they got gas. Most didn’t, so their engines would wear out prematurely.
Very informative. Thanks for the video. I know rotary engines are very simple, with few moving parts. However, the problem in the past I believe has been the sealing of chambers. Apart from this, why have they not taken off with all vehicle manufacturers?
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Beautiful engine but high fuel consumption compared with conventional pistons. Why were they never successful in F1 racing———reliability issues?
Hail Rotary.
Amateur question below (You have been warned!):
Considering the advantages mentioned in this video, why are rotaries not more common? As far as I know, only Mazda still uses it and well eh. Why do performance cars opt for piston engines over the rotaries?
They consume large amounts of fuel, thus get bad gas mileage and have high emissions. Plus, they apex seals he talked about wear out faster than piston rings (higher maintenance requirement) and they consume oil by design as well. Rotary buyers were always told to check oil EVERY time they got gas. Most didn’t, so their engines would wear out prematurely.
Very informative. Thanks for the video. I know rotary engines are very simple, with few moving parts. However, the problem in the past I believe has been the sealing of chambers. Apart from this, why have they not taken off with all vehicle manufacturers?
I concur.