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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:38 PM
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What's in a name? Gear it down a little, and it's an r/c car engine... Make it 10x the size, and it's a bike engine. Maybe I should just upgrade my bicycle components a little and go for a 13G or a Renesis.
Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:40 PM
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good luck...
Old Jul 17, 2003 | 04:28 PM
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I want a go-kart sized wankel.





Old Jul 17, 2003 | 06:19 PM
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suzuki made a rotary engined bike you might be able to rape one for a project, but the motor really sucked.
Old Jul 17, 2003 | 06:30 PM
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so what would these tiny microscopic rotors be used for? or even the penny sized ones?
Old Jul 17, 2003 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Jul 17 2003, 07:30 PM
so what would these tiny microscopic rotors be used for? or even the penny sized ones?
On the page it says for use in batteries or something, how i have no ******* clue/
Old Jul 18, 2003 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Jul 17 2003, 06:30 PM
so what would these tiny microscopic rotors be used for? or even the penny sized ones?
you can fit like thousands into a cylinder the size of an AA battery and they produce tons more power for longer. It's some special college project/creation.



read over all the parts of the site it's pretty much left me in awe when i read it a few months ago.



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Old Jul 18, 2003 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Jul 17 2003, 11:30 PM
so what would these tiny microscopic rotors be used for? or even the penny sized ones?
From what I read in the past they were considering using a rotary engine to drive a generator, for powering portable electric devices, like cellular phones or laptops, so instead of having a battery you recharged (and that went bad every year) you would have a fuel cell that you could refill, like hydrogen or propane or something... Surprisingly the results can be more compact than LiIon batteries you find in modern laptops with more runtime... I'm not sure what they planned on doing about the heat issue though, although my laptop already is pretty damn hot when I use it, one guy burned his stuff using his laptop in bed naked, so I'm not sure how much difference it would make to have some internal combustion occuring?
Old Jul 18, 2003 | 12:55 AM
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My laptop is WAY too hot and yea the battery crapped out on it too LOL
Old Jul 18, 2003 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Jul 18 2003, 12:53 AM
From what I read in the past they were considering using a rotary engine to drive a generator, for powering portable electric devices, like cellular phones or laptops, so instead of having a battery you recharged (and that went bad every year) you would have a fuel cell that you could refill, like hydrogen or propane or something... Surprisingly the results can be more compact than LiIon batteries you find in modern laptops with more runtime... I'm not sure what they planned on doing about the heat issue though, although my laptop already is pretty damn hot when I use it, one guy burned his stuff using his laptop in bed naked, so I'm not sure how much difference it would make to have some internal combustion occuring?
thats what gets me though, i dont understand how it's internal combustion cause then a "battery" would require like filling up, i guess like the older car batteries or something? a few things i couldnt comprehend completely.



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