World of Warbirds on MSN

Rotary vs radial aircraft engines, the circular powerplants that changed early aviation

Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...
RideApart on MSN

This 100-horsepower rotary engine motorcycle was a bad idea, and that’s why it’s badass

The Van Veen OCR1000 was a rotary-powered engineering flex and one of the rarest motorcycles ever made. And now, it can be ...
Autoblog

China Completes First Test of Rotary Engine, Production Targeted for 2027

View post: Amazon Has an ‘Easy to Use’ OBD2 Scanner on Sale for 50% Off A report from CarNewsChina says Changan, via its Harbin Dongan Auto Engine subsidiary, has completed the first ignition of the ...
AOL

This day in car history: The first rotary engines rev up

Long before Felix Wankel became synonymous with rotary engines, an inventive Hungarian-American engineer named Stephen M. Balzer secured one of the earliest patents for a rotary-powered automobile on ...
Autoblog

Inside the 13B-MSP Renesis, Predecessor of the Latest New Mazda Rotary Engine

How the 13B-MSP Renesis evolved from earlier Mazda rotary designs, technical features explained, and common problems and maintenance issues discussed. The 13B-MSP Renesis rotary engine powered the ...