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2 unusual facts about Rotary engine


Doug Hele

In his 70's Hele ended his career working as a freelance designer on the rotary-engined Norton model.

Max Immelmann

Both the E.3/15 machine earlier shared with Boelcke, and his own E.13/15 aircraft, both used to secure Immelmann's first five victories between them each had a seven-cylinder 80 horsepower Oberursel U.0 rotary engine for their power.


Kaditcha

Most Kaditcha sports cars were powered by either the 5.0L Chevrolet V8 engine, or in the case of the SR781 run by Jeff Harris, the Mazda 13B rotary engine.

Sopwith Pup

In 1915, Sopwith produced a personal aircraft for the company's test pilot Harry Hawker, a single-seat, tractor biplane powered by a 50 hp Gnome rotary engine.

Sopwith Tabloid

The prototype was powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome Lambda rotary engine and in a trial flown by Harry Hawker at Farnborough the Tabloid reached 92 mph (148 km/h) and took only one minute to reach 1200 ft (366 m) while carrying a passenger and enough fuel for 2½ hours.

Victor Wouk

During the 1960s and 1970s, Wouk got involved in electric and hybrid vehicles; he successfully converted a Buick Skylark vehicle with a 20-kilowatt direct-current electric motor and an RX-2 Mazda rotary engine.

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch

The series focuses on Wheelie, a red Volkswagen Beetle, and his girlfriend Rota Ree (a pun on both the "rotary engine" and Ruta Lee).

ZF Sachs

In the early 1970s, Sachs produced the revolutionary Wankel rotary engine powered Hercules motorcycle.


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88th Aero Squadron

On 28 May, 1918 the squadron moved to Ourches Aerodrome, France, and the 88th was re-equipped with English Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater, Rhone rotary engine, 120-horsepower aircraft.

Gerald Wiegert

Wiegert announced that the Vector would use the Wankel rotary engine and that it would be priced at $100,000.

Lowe Marlburian

The Marlburian was a two-seat braced monoplane powered by a Gnome rotary engine.

Volkswagen K70

Designed by Claus Luthe, the K70 was originally developed by NSU as a smaller brother to the Ro 80, distinguished by its conventional piston engine rather than the Ro80's Wankel rotary engine.