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I saw this on facebook and thought it was kind of nifty.

 

http://www.enginelabs.com/news/liquidpiston-unveils-very-small-5-horsepower-70cc-rotary-engine/

 

The engine resembles a rotary motor in a lot of ways. The most impressive part to me though is the fact the engine is a little larger than an Iphone and puts out 3.5hp (though they think they can squeeze 5hp out of it with more rpm).

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Is there a video of the small engine running someplace?

 

Sorry for the potato quality, but this is a video of the little parts and at the end the engine is running. Not the exact one in the images from the OP but still a very interesting video in my opinion.

 

P.S. I want one of these <3

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Rk9IjEBRs

 

I think the link in OP's post is actually one of the many different ways you can make a Rotary Engine, I have a book from the 70's which shows many different mathematical ways one "could" build a rotary engine, and I know this was one of the shapes. There were some crazy ones in there, like one that had over 8 combustion chambers. If I find the book ill post an image of the different types of Rotary engines they theorized.

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forgot to post link to video
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