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.
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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