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Alien
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Posted - Jul 24 2003 :  11:28:19 PM  Show Profile  Click to see Alien's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Excuse my ignorance but what the hell's a rotary based engine?

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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Jul 25 2003 :  09:47:15 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Check this out: http://travel.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm
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Alien
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Posted - Aug 06 2003 :  2:39:50 PM  Show Profile  Click to see Alien's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Thanks Aaron. It's interesting...

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cirvin
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USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2003 :  7:08:59 PM  Show Profile  Send cirvin an AOL message  Reply with Quote
i found a place that had like rtary engines that could get about 12 horse from a cingle rotor in the size of a 3.5 hp piston engine without thwe piston sticking out. it as like 2000$ american tho.

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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Aug 13 2003 :  11:09:23 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
12HP is not very much. Back in the day, Sachs made a bunch of single rotor "lawnmower" style engines for snowmobiles, etc. They made about 22HP from an engine the size of a case of beer. They come up on eBay all the time, and I keep meaning to buy one for a go-kart.
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cirvin
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Posted - Aug 13 2003 :  6:22:32 PM  Show Profile  Send cirvin an AOL message  Reply with Quote
12, 22, it was late at night forgive me

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