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Old Crank

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3. A version of the wankel

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 03:51 AM

Apr 28

A couple of friends had mazdas when they came out with teh wankel engines.
Smooth running but thirsty for their size. Power output was good also but you were firing like a six cylinder.

I don't know how long they lasted.

They could make sense for long range drones because of the power to weight ratio should be good.

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Wankel Wankel been around a long time. bucolic_frolic Apr 27 #1

My girlfriend had a Mazda RX 7 that was powered by a Wankel engine. Kinda turbine like sound mitch96 Apr 27 #2

A version of the wankel Old Crank Apr 28 #3