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To: djf
Sorry, but this isn't making any sense to me.

Where does combustion take place? Why the spring? It will just absorb the energy, and convert it to heat. Why?

How does the fuel/air fed to the system? Why a piston at all? Why not just a chamber or bucket of sorts, for the expanding gases to react against?

Why is the piston so small? How much energy transfer do you expect to get from such a small surface area?

How is this an improvement over a standard rotary engine?

The drawing is way to basic to make any kind of assessment.

15 posted on 09/13/2008 10:59:41 PM PDT by Jotmo (I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA and Now I'm Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - Swirling Eddies)
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To: Jotmo

I know, it was just a quick drawing I made. The entire unit rotates, and is housed in something else that has actual combustion chambers or compressed air feeds.

There is no way you can supply mechanical energy to the piston and compress it against the spring and NOT have the unit rotate on you.

That’s what it’s designed to do.


17 posted on 09/13/2008 11:05:07 PM PDT by djf (This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around...)
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To: Jotmo

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31 posted on 09/13/2008 11:26:54 PM PDT by chaos_5 (See my profile for cool McCain/Palin "lipstick" stickers!)
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