PERFORMANCE TESTS AND DESIGN MODIFICATIONS OF A WANKEL TYPE ROTARY COMBUSTION AUTOMOBILE ENGINE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ITS SUITABILITY FOR AIRCRAFT APPLICATION

Performance tests and design modifications are reported for a standard production Mazda RX2 automobile engine of the Wankel type in order to make it suitable for aircraft applications.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

  Aeronautics Research Unit
  Pretoria,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • Leeman, E R
  • Vanwyk, A J
  • Myburgh, I S
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Engines; Feasibility analysis; Internal combustion engines; Performance tests; Rotors; Vehicle design; Vehicle power plants; Wankel engines
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Engine design
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00181686
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CSIR-ME-1521
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1979 12:00AM