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FW: Two strokes

To: "'land-speed@autox.team.net'" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: FW: Two strokes
From: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:01:31 -0800
> A Wankel has only 2 cavities per housing but 3 per rotor.  Hence the hoo haw. 
> There will be no easy answer.
> Simon
> ----------
> From:         Richard Fox[SMTP:v4gr@rcn.com]
> Reply To:     Richard Fox
> Sent:         Friday, January 05, 2001 2:32 PM
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> Subject:      Fw: Two strokes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fox <v4gr@rcn.com>
> 
> Date: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:17 PM
> Subject: Two strokes
> 
> 
> Dale; What I would like to know is where did the idea that two strokes are
> measured or classified differently than Four strokes come from. Its bore and
> stroke and thats it.  A two rotor Wankel has 3 cavities
> per rotor. If you take the difference between the volume of one cavity at its
> greatest and its smallest, that will give you the displacement of that cavity.

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