Recently I spoke to the Engineering Manager of a company whichmanufactures rotary engines for aircraft. I mentioned to him that Iread about a "rotary" engine which is a kind of Wankel engine, but hastwo paddles in the shape "X". He told me that the name of such a typeof engine is "nu-teddy" because of the crossed paddles. I did a searchon the Internet, but could not find any mentioning of "nu-teddy".Obviously, I wrongly spelled it. Maybe someone can tell me what wasthe term ? Thanks.

I read about a rotary engine called something like "nu-teddy".But I can't find any mention of "nu-teddy" on the Internet.If I misspelled it, can someone can tell me the correct term?_______________________________________________ Nutating.

rotary engine -- what's the name ??

Oct 24, 2007 82 Replies

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cuhulin 18 years ago

I have to say though, the weirder and stranger looking some of those experimental engines are, the better I like them.

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Chas Hurst 18 years ago

If you guys have some real interest in the rotary, you may be able to google up the original Wankel engine. Much like the old radial engine, the crank/eccentric shaft was stationary and the engine turned. The name for the first engine in German is drehkolbenmaschin (DKM) or single rotation machine. The second design is the kreiskolbenmaschin (KKM) or planetary rotation machine.

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cuhulin 18 years ago

Rudolph Diesel intended or his first engine to run on Coal.(or so I once read about, I think) He disappeared off of a Ship from America to Europe. Not much more than a few years ago (1980s?) Cadillac was experimenting with an engine of theirs to run on powdered coal the consisentcy of baby powder. cuhulin

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