Rotary engine | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-07-04

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00:00:45 1 Description
00:00:54 1.1 Distinction between "rotary" and "radial" engines
00:01:54 1.2 Arrangement
00:02:31 1.3 Advantages and drawbacks
00:04:36 2 Rotary engine control
00:04:45 2.1 Monosoupape rotaries
00:06:04 2.2 "Normal" rotaries
00:08:40 3 History
00:08:49 3.1 Millet
00:09:21 3.2 Hargrave
00:09:42 3.3 Balzer
00:10:57 3.4 De Dion-Bouton
00:11:17 3.5 Adams-Farwell
00:12:23 3.6 Gnome
00:17:32 3.7 World War I
00:21:06 3.7.1 Siemens-Halske bi-rotary designs
00:22:43 3.8 Postwar
00:25:01 4 Use in cars and motorcycles
00:26:11 5 Other rotary engines
00:27:11 6 See also
00:27:33 7 Notes
00:27:41 8 External links



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The rotary engine was an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration, in which the crankshaft remained stationary in operation, with the entire crankcase and its attached cylinders rotating around it as a unit. Its main application was in aviation, although it also saw use before its primary aviation role, in a few early motorcycles and automobiles.
This type of engine was widely used as an alternative to conventional inline engines (straight or V) during World War I and the years immediately preceding that conflict. It has been described as "a very efficient solution to the problems of power output, weight, and reliability".By the early 1920s, the inherent limitations of this type of engine had rendered it obsolete.