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    The Wankel engine (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion...
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    Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel, a German...
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  • Wankel Diesel engine describes the idea of using the Diesel principle in a Wankel rotary engine. Several attempts to build such an engine have been made...
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    German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden...
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  • layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorized by the number of rotors present. Gas turbine engines are often categorized into turbojets...
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    consumption, the days of the rotary engine were numbered. The Wankel is a type of rotary engine. The Wankel engine is about one half the weight and size...
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  • piston and Wankel "rotary" engines. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations. Although Mazda is well known for their Wankel "rotary"...
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  • YS engine – 2.3 L Nissan BD engine – 2.5/3.0 L Nissan ED engine – 3.0/3.3, used on 1976 Nissan Clipper Nissan showed a prototype Wankel rotary engine at...
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    constructed, only the Wankel engine has achieved widespread adoption. The term rotary combustion engine has been used as a name for these engines[citation needed]...
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    {\text{number of cylinders}}} Using this formula for non-typical types of engine, such as the Wankel design and the oval-piston type used in Honda NR motorcycles,...
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