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The Wankel engine one is interesting. It seems the only way any of these make sense is with a new type of engine. Makes no sense to put a turbine in a plane jus
by jeffreyrogers 6y ago
The Wankel engine one is interesting. It seems the only way any of these make sense is with a new type of engine. Makes no sense to put a turbine in a plane just to run an electric motor, since it's more efficient to just use the turbine directly.
- Pick-A-Hill2019 6y agoAgreed re the concept of [1]. Since the link in [2] was from 2013 I was curious to see if there were any updated PR releases but couldn't find any. I did stumble across [3] which seems to be the successor which uses a 3 cylinder diesel engine as the power source [3] https://wiki2.org/en/Siemens-FlyEco_Magnus_eFusion https://wiki2.org/en/Siemens-FlyEco_Magnus_eFusion
- hinkley 6y agoMy recollection is that the problem with Wankels is the emissions, which they are claiming this system still reduces. I wonder what a different engine option would do.