Multi-faced rotary
Multi-faced rotary
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While rotary engines have great hp/liter ratings, they lose out in fuel efficiency big time. Now, it seems to be common wisdom that the reason for the fuel inefficiency is due to the large SA:V ratio of the combustion chamber, since the rotor face is rather large, especially when compared to a piston. So, in order to reduce that surface area, would it be possible to make a rotor that had many more than 3 faces, so that each combustion chamber formed by the rotor has a much smaller SA:V?





RE: Multi-faced rotary
I have not seen details of what you propose, but in general, increasing the number of working chambers without increasing total engine displacement, will make the surface area/volume situation worse, not better.
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