Just say no to rotary and pistons. Hello Quasiturbine!

Nutari · Jun 30, 2005

http://www.gizmag.com/go/3501/

Very interesting.

"Inspired by the turbine, it perfects the piston, and improves on the Wankel."

Mr. Win · Jun 30, 2005

very cool... strong design... seems like alot of joints and things that could break. Interesting none the less.

Focus · Jun 30, 2005

It's a Montreal company that is developing this. In theory it is a great idea. Implementing it has been something that is way more difficult.

http://www.quasiturbine.com <-- For more info

noclue119 · Jun 30, 2005

I don't see how this does not infrige on Mazda's Internal Combustion rotary patent.

peepsalot · Jun 30, 2005

Interesting, I still have no idea how it works.

peepsalot · Jun 30, 2005

Check it, for a decent explanation:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm

Since the quasiturbine site takes an hour to load each page.

peepsalot · Jun 30, 2005

noclue119 said:
I don't see how this does not infrige on Mazda's Internal Combustion rotary patent.

They can't just patent any engine that doesn't have pistons. This engine is very different from a wankel.

peepsalot · Jun 30, 2005

I wonder how good one of these would be set up as a compressor, like for supercharging!

noclue119 · Jun 30, 2005

ya from the first article i didn't understand what it was doing i thought i was a 4 chambered rotary engine and that was it.

but after reading it, it makes more sense why that is a better engine

Shane5425 · Jun 30, 2005

noclue119 said:
I don't see how this does not infrige on Mazda's Internal Combustion rotary patent.

also, i think in the 70s.. correct me if i am wrong, but gm had a rotary engine , but was never produced, it was supposed to go in a amc car, but amc couldnt get the rotary engine from GM, so they stuck the straight 6 in it.. saw that on the history channel.. so mazda doesnt have a patent on the rotary engine, just the Wankle Rotary... this also proves mazda is better, hehe, they the only company ever to mass produce a rotary engine.. go mazda!!!

but anyways, that looks like a good design on paper and computer, but i think its gonna be a whole new challenge to actually get it to work..

Rism · Jun 30, 2005

looks overly complicated.

peepsalot · Jun 30, 2005

Rism said:
looks overly complicated.

In comparison to a wankel, maybe. In comparison to a standard Otto 4-cycle, hardly. It still doesn't have the cams, valves, springs, pushrods, etc that complicate a normal engine. And it seems they are saying no ignition is necessary on the carriage type QT either. Oh, no oil system, no flywheel either!
I'd love to see one of these in action.

Roywhitep5 · Jun 30, 2005

shaneMazda2000P said:
also, i think in the 70s.. correct me if i am wrong, but gm had a rotary engine , but was never produced, it was supposed to go in a amc car, but amc couldnt get the rotary engine from GM, so they stuck the straight 6 in it.. saw that on the history channel.. so mazda doesnt have a patent on the rotary engine, just the Wankle Rotary... this also proves mazda is better, hehe, they the only company ever to mass produce a rotary engine.. go mazda!!!

but anyways, that looks like a good design on paper and computer, but i think its gonna be a whole new challenge to actually get it to work..

there was also a rotary corvette concept car

Shane5425 · Jun 30, 2005

peepsalot said:
In comparison to a wankel, maybe. In comparison to a standard Otto 4-cycle, hardly. It still doesn't have the cams, valves, springs, pushrods, etc that complicate a normal engine. And it seems they are saying no ignition is necessary on the carriage type QT either. Oh, no oil system, no flywheel either!
I'd love to see one of these in action.

wtf, no flywheel or oil system?? how is that thing supposed to stay lubricated and how the hell does it connect to the transmission?

xelderx · Jun 30, 2005

Suzuki had a rotary motorcycle...RB-5 if I remember correctly. Owners called it the water buffalo because the radiator was huge. I would also like to see where this goes.

terbow · Jun 30, 2005

shaneMazda2000P said:
wtf, no flywheel or oil system?? how is that thing supposed to stay lubricated and how the hell does it connect to the transmission?

it still has an output shaft in the middle but it rides on wheels (8) so there is little friction, and no need for oil.

edit: there will be parts that need oil, thats a given but its nothing like a piston engine is what they are sayin.

tsunami · Jun 30, 2005

wow... looks pretty sweet to me... gotta love that fact that it has no spark plug... even less emisions... get rid of these damn cats!!! dont' think it will come to life in my lifetime (at least mass produced) as a car engine, but its other possibilities are feasable without the the big business of the automotive industry to stand in its way...

JOS3 · Jun 30, 2005

very interesting, but will it make torque

Shane5425 · Jun 30, 2005

terbow said:
it still has an output shaft in the middle

and how is a output shaft gonna connect to a trq convertor

i dont see this ever bieng mass produced, this would kill the oil companies and they wont have that, so they will pay off someone to make it not work...

terbow · Jun 30, 2005

i dunno i was just relaying what the site said

Just say no to rotary and pistons. Hello Quasiturbine!

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