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The Engine They Tried to Ban (lemmy.world)

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Article : https://www.slashgear.com/1576972/omega-1-engine-astron-real-everything-need-know/

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Where's the "they tried to ban" part, and who is "they"?

Felix Wankel didn't "conceptualize the rotary" - it already existed in production.

This is just another rotary engine running on hydrogen, which has been done before (see Mazda ~~2012~~2006). It's been long understood that a rotary is very well suited to fuels like hydrogen.

It does use an interesting (perhaps novel) interlocking of the rotors.

I do look forward to seeing a real working model.