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https://www.aieuk.com/40acs-5-bhp-wankel-rotary-engine/
Posted on 12/09/2024 9:12:28 PM PST by Red Badger
The electric motor might carry the hype banner at the moment, but some minds remain convinced that there's plenty of innovation left to be extracted from internal combustion. AIE is one of the rotary engine's biggest champions and has been advancing new rotaries via the latest manufacturing tools and techniques since 2012. Its latest release shows that Wankel engines can be a perfect fit for compact, power-demanding applications in robotics and aerospace. More palmable than a basketball, the 40ACS Wankel packs a power-to-weight punch in a package that disappears away in small spaces.
The last time we looked in on AIE (Advanced Innovative Engineering), the British company was touring and testing its 120-bhp 650S, an automotive-grade rotary engine designed to replace a traditional four-cylinder or work as an EV range-extender. That engine remains the largest unit in its lineup, and the new 40ACS drops on the opposite end of the line as one of the company's smallest offerings.
AIE has long looked to capitalize on the power-to-weight advantages of rotary design, and the aforementioned 650S boasted a 1.94 hp/lb ratio when we looked at it during development back in 2016. It packed on a little weight in production, but its power-to-weight sits at a still-solid 1.55. It puts out 2.75 lb-ft (3.73 Nm) of torque at 8,000 rpm.
Named for its 40-cc displacement, the 40ACS doesn't hit quite as high a ratio, but it still pushes comfortably past the 1.0-hp/lb mark with a 1.14 resulting from a 5-hp output and 4.4-lb (2-kg) core weight. It measures in at 6.4 in (16.3 cm) tall by 7.7 in (19.5 cm) wide by 6.7 in (17.2 cm) deep.
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COMPANY WEBSITE WITH DATA:
https://www.aieuk.com/40acs-5-bhp-wankel-rotary-engine/
PING!................
If it’ll start, I want one for my chain saw! :-)
Can they make a wankel to run on vegetable oil and/or biodiesel?...could be interesting.
Looks like my hydraulics based powered armor now has power sources.
i’ve seen quite lot of his videos, good stuff...
Loved my Rx-3 12a engine, made a great race car.
Tiny Wankle sounds like a British expression meant to be comical.
Does that come with a 400hp Wankel?
Monty Python is great.
A really embarrassing word is Wanker.
LOL! Great minds think alike! That was my first thought too!
Better yet can one be constructed to run on Leftist BS?
A British American law firm.
I had an RX-7 with a 12a - car went in excess of 250,000 - I thought the engine died because a seal failed (lost oil)
The guy that bought the car from me revived the engine - and then he sold it again
Best $12,000 car I had
I so wanted to buy a used RX-7. I ended up with a used Toyota Camry, when they were real small.
They never should have stopped making them - mine was great in snow, too
Except when I high-centered it - and then, perhaps a miracle happened
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