• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Anyone who calls it a “rotary” engine is physically incapable of having fun. Plus rotary engines are reciprocating engines that powered early WW1 fighter planes, where the whole engine spins with the propeller for reasons I’m too modern to understand.

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      3 months ago

      They’re called rotaries because they have rotors.

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          3 months ago

          They’re called Wankels because one of the contributors was Felix Wankel and his last name happens to have humorous connotations.

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      3 months ago

      Air cooling, spin the heads so they get a whole lot of fresh air at all times and they’re lighter than the alternatives.