Look at the SIZE of that thing!

[LoudMusic]

Just because I can tell you guys want me to tell you more about rotors, check this thing out!

It was manufactured by Curtiss-Wright / John Deere in 1960. It was used in a single rotor 31.5 liter engine that produced 782hp at 1525 rpm. Slow going, but man what a lot of horse power.

~LoudMusic

 

[allgranturismo]

WOW....

 

[AndyConnolly]

big horsepower for the sixties...

 

[OffspringFan80]

WOW

 

[OffspringFan80]

Look at the SIZE of that thing!

if i had a pound for every time my g/f said that to me

 

[MazKid]

Damn, that must weigh a ton or so. What did they use it in?
Would that guy be Felix Wankle? (I'm pretty sure his name was Felix)

Someone needs to buy that and put it in the living room, maybe make a fish tank to fit inside

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by MazKid
Damn, that must weigh a ton or so. What did they use it in?
Would that guy be Felix Wankle? (I'm pretty sure his name was Felix)

Someone needs to buy that and put it in the living room, maybe make a fish tank to fit inside

I'm sure that's a John Deere engineer. The single rotor was used in what was called "The Monster".

For more information on the topic .... http://www.monito.com/wankel/

~LoudMusic

 

[vat_man]

John Deere? What was this thing powering? A monstrously oversized RX3?

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by vat_man
John Deere? What was this thing powering? A monstrously oversized RX3?

I have no idea what a John Deere "RX3" would be, but I assume this rotary engine was powering a water pump, or drill or something. It was a single rotor and had 31.5L displacement. It output 782hp but was running at a meer 1,525 RPM. It was slow going, but it could turn just about anything. That's why I think it was a pump. I'll do more research if anyone is really interested.

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by MazKid
Damn, that must weigh a ton or so. What did they use it in?
Would that guy be Felix Wankle? (I'm pretty sure his name was Felix)

Someone needs to buy that and put it in the living room, maybe make a fish tank to fit inside

This is Felix Wankel

Here is more information about Felix.

http://www.monito.com/wankel/dr-wankel.html

~LoudMusic

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by LoudMusic


I have no idea what a John Deere "RX3" would be, but I assume this rotary engine was powering a water pump, or drill or something. It was a single rotor and had 31.5L displacement. It output 782hp but was running at a meer 1,525 RPM. It was slow going, but it could turn just about anything. That's why I think it was a pump. I'll do more research if anyone is really interested.

~LoudMusic

I was actually referring to an ancient Mazda rotary model.

Here's a piece of model sharing history for you (and fellow Australians) .

Did you know that bodies of the HJ model Kingswood (late 70s) were exported to Japan and fitted with 13B rotary engines, where they were sold as Mazda's topline passenger car, the Roadpacer.

There's a a photo at :http://members2.easyspace.com/hotholdens/model/h/mazda-roadpacer.html

and a history (in Japanese) at:
http://history.mazda.co.jp/RotaryStory/Graffiti/Part2/09.html

Enjoy!

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by vat_man


I was actually referring to an ancient Mazda rotary model.

Here's a piece of model sharing history for you (and fellow Australians) .

Did you know that bodies of the HJ model Kingswood (late 70s) were exported to Japan and fitted with 13B rotary engines, where they were sold as Mazda's topline passenger car, the Roadpacer.

There's a a photo at :http://members2.easyspace.com/hotholdens/model/h/mazda-roadpacer.html

and a history (in Japanese) at:
http://history.mazda.co.jp/RotaryStory/Graffiti/Part2/09.html

Enjoy!

Ah, the Mazda RX-3. Yes that would be a quite large automobile. Cool historical info you've got there. And that's one funky looking car. Probably one of the first to have the mirrors so far forward. I wonder why it didn't catch on ...

~LoudMusic

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by LoudMusic


Ah, the Mazda RX-3. Yes that would be a quite large automobile. Cool historical info you've got there. And that's one funky looking car. Probably one of the first to have the mirrors so far forward. I wonder why it didn't catch on ...

~LoudMusic

The dorky mirrors were actually a Japanese Government requirement (similar to that bizarre setup the US had with brake lights and red blinkers) - I don't think they still are a requirement, but they were up to very recently.

You used to see them here on Japanese cars in the 60s and 70s - so many benefits:
- buggered up aerodynamics
- useless when raining or dusty
- incredibly, more likely than aerial to be snapped off in car park

 

[MazKid]

The mirrors were on the front like that for Japan, where there are small alleys and parking spaces, and side mirrors would get ripped off.

And the RX-3 was relesed in September 1971, so Vat, sorry but you're several years too early.

The first Rotory Mazda was the Cosmo, back in '67.

And Loud, I found where you got my avatar from. was it Mazda A-Spec? I love that site. All the info on Mazdas that anyone could need.

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by MazKid
The mirrors were on the front like that for Japan, where there are small alleys and parking spaces, and side mirrors would get ripped off.

And the RX-3 was relesed in September 1971, so Vat, sorry but you're several years too early.

The first Rotory Mazda was the Cosmo, back in '67.

And Loud, I found where you got my avatar from. was it Mazda A-Spec? I love that site. All the info on Mazdas that anyone could need.

Actually, no. I grabbed the Mazda logo from the USA Mazda dealer site and smacked it around in ImageReady. Thanks for the link though, the site seems pretty cool at first glance.

~LoudMusic

 

[MazKid]

Oh, sorry, I just saw it there and thought that's where it came from.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by MazKid
The mirrors were on the front like that for Japan, where there are small alleys and parking spaces, and side mirrors would get ripped off.

And the RX-3 was relesed in September 1971, so Vat, sorry but you're several years too early.

Oh, my comment wasn't about history. It was about cheap laughs.

 

[MazKid]

I was pretty sure you knew about the RX-3, I was just giving info so that the learning wouldn't get the wrong info. Just teaching the public

 

[LoudMusic]

I'd like one of those rotors just so I could scare people with it.

<me> MUHAHHAHAHA I AM THE EVIL GIANT ROTOR MAN!!!

<little children> MOMMY MOMMY! HE'S GOING TO EAT US!

~LoudMusic

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by LoudMusic
I'd like one of those rotors just so I could scare people with it.

<me> MUHAHHAHAHA I AM THE EVIL GIANT ROTOR MAN!!!

<little children> MOMMY MOMMY! HE'S GOING TO EAT US!

~LoudMusic

Actually, that photo kinda reminds me of that thing that was powering that ship in that dreadful movie 'Event Horizon'

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by vat_man




Actually, that photo kinda reminds me of that thing that was powering that ship in that dreadful movie 'Event Horizon'

Hey ... that movie wasn't THAT bad. But yea, it was huge and spikey and did really weird stuff. Much like a large rotor would do. d:

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

It also kinda looks like it should have a time portal in the middle. Maybe some kind of liquid air looking stuff like in StarGate. Wicked cool man, wicked cool ...

~LoudMusic

 

[AltF8]

Doesn't something that stinkin' large have it's own gravity?

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by AltF8
Doesn't something that stinkin' large have it's own gravity?

Allow me to whip out my technical foo ....

Actually, everything has its own gravity. And it's not based on physical size, it's based on mass. When you put physical size and mass together, you get density. But some things are much more dense than others. A black hole for example. A black hole isn't a hole at all, however, but very very dense matter. They call it a black hole because its gravity is so high that it even pulls in light, thus giving it the appearance of being a "black hole" in space ... which to me is already black, so how do you see it? And if it's sucking in light, there isn't any light shining "on it". You could just be minding your own business, going to visit Grandma on K-Pax, and get sucked up into a black hole. Gee thanks NASA, we really appreaciate your work ...

Recently, one of the largest black holes ever found was spotted, and reported on. Here's a link ...

http://news.excite.com/news/r/011128/15/science-space-hole-dc

~LoudMusic

 

[AltF8]

I was being sarcastic...

 

[LoudMusic]

Originally posted by AltF8


I was being sarcastic...

Well I wasn't trying to diss your joke or anything. Which was funny, by the way. I was just being informative.

I think I'm turning into BrianCNorton ... HELP!

~LoudMusic