In 2015, David Garside signed a licensing agreement with UK Midlands based engineers Advanced Innovative Engineering ( UK ) Ltd for exclusive use of his patents in their next generation Wankel rotary engines.
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With the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, General Motors aborted the Wankel rotary engine around which the Pacer had been designed, as its fuel consumption exceeded that of conventional engines with similar power.
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Colani's first profession as an aeronautics designer was revisited in 1976 when he was assigned the task of designing the RFB Fanliner, the first plastic sports airplane with a Wankel rotary engine.
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In addition to SPARCS, Garside also filed a patent in 2011 to develop a rotary exhaust expander unit or CREEV ( Compound Rotary Engine for Electric Vehicles ) for use with Wankel rotary engines.
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An onboard 40 hp ( 30 kW ) Austro Engines Wankel rotary engine and generator provides the electricity because of the small size, light weight and high power-to-weight ratio of the engines.
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Mazda, the little Japanese automaker that piknugred the Wankel rotary engine in the mid-70s, discontinued its last rotary model in the United States in the late'90s _ the RX-7 sports car.
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The plane was powered by a 185 hp ( 138 kW ) Curtiss-Wright RC2-60 Wankel rotary engine; the same engine model was also flown in a Cessna Cardinal and other airplanes and a helicopter.
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Measuring a Wankel rotary engine in this way more accurately explains its specific output, as the volume of its air fuel mixture put through a complete power stroke per revolution is directly responsible for torque and thus power produced.
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From his early experience with Wankel rotary engines, Angelo became interested in developing a more efficient engine than the traditional reciprocating internal combustion engine, and he has worked on various alternative concepts intermittently over the last 30 years.
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This generation RX-7 had " live axle " Wankel rotary engine, little vibration or harshness was experienced at high engine speeds, so a buzzer was fitted to the tachometer to warn the driver when the 7, 000 rpm redline was approaching.
