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Wankel types are so fucking cool. Not a lot of engines out there that can come close to their power to weight ratio.
Maintenance is just a bitch…
Also you get to say Wankel all the time with a serious face.
You'd want to pronounce it closer to as it is in German to be accurate.
Yeah, but I'm seven and a half years old and American.
Your account would then exist in violation of COPPA and should be banned.
(Yes, I'm aware you are not being serious.)
Huh. TIL.
so you pronounce it like a chinese?
汪克尔
I don't think you understand how LITTLE that clears up the pronunciation
Anyone who calls it a "rotary" engine is physically incapable of having fun. Plus rotary engines are reciprocating engines that powered early WW1 fighter planes, where the whole engine spins with the propeller for reasons I'm too modern to understand.
They're called rotaries because they have rotors.
They're called wankels because it's a much funnier word.
They're called Wankels because one of the contributors was Felix Wankel and his last name happens to have humorous connotations.
Air cooling, spin the heads so they get a whole lot of fresh air at all times and they're lighter than the alternatives.
Too bad there are no Tossel or Buggel engines though...