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Honestly I only know a little about marine engines, but a rotary does NOT seem like an ideal platform. They usually are big deisels that run at low RPMs, and even so STILL get terrible gas mileage. BTW the boat that that engine will be powering has at least a 500 gallon tank. Car people who don't deal with boats have no idea of how much fuel they consume. We're talking 0.1 miles per gallon.

And 400 hours is pretty minimal, most are at least 2-3x that duration.

Again...what a weird application for a rotary engine...

That said, that machined block, eccentric shafts, and the chick holding them are hot!

if that wasn't the biggest understatement of the year.... try 40 gallon...minimum lol

I just want to hear this thing.

Vaporize you.

If not time travel.


One of the other :dunno:

For a ship/cruiser maybe, not for a race boat, where the light weight and compact size are probably a fair old advantage.

Holy
Good
God
WHAT?!?!?

I didnt realize it was for racing applications. Then I guess it's plausible but....even so...

I'd love to see it in a boat and see how it performs

^this

I guess I should treat some of you to a 4 rotor boat to get a taste, a sample if you will of what BIG ROTARY POWER on the water behaves like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJPg...eature=related

Paul.

Makes a lot of sense to me. Low torque isn't a problem, because high torque isn't really beneficial in the water. Horsepower is. And since the weight of the vehicle matters more when you are pushing through water instead of air, a lighter engine certainly would have plenty of advantages.



Awesome video Paul :)

Wow

meeeeee tooooooo

That's hawt.

Saw the video earlier today but thought it wasn't epitrochoid based. I guess I was wrong. Whomever thought of this must have been smoking something. Cause DAMN!!!:SHOCKED:

Whao!!!!!!

Just saw this on FB.

I didn't expect it to actually work. This is a pretty epic development in the rotary world.

That thing NA (12 rotors) = 1440hp
Renesis (2 rotors) = 232hp
232 x 6 = 1392

So per roter, it isn't that much better hahaha....

On a different note, changing the plugs on that thing would be an extremely long extremely pricey project ha.

Holy cow! That thing is ridiculous! I wonder what it spins up to?

78B Engine? lol

Mazda 4 rotor can spin up to 9k. This engine has 3 sections of 4 rotors. These rotors look to be a little smaller than the Mazda units so the rpms could be higher it needed. Given the application, I don't think it was designed for hi rpms. I would really like to hear this thing. I'm really liking this new concept because it has sooo much potential in commercial applications. All this power in a relatively small package. Hell what about top fuel drag applications?

What happened to the pics?

I just realized...
http://smith-power.com/r12

The address at the bottom...
>Looks at my location

Might go check this beast out this weekend.

I hotlinked them from a thread at 7club. they have been removed apparently.

I think there are certain circles that are wondering if they can put this in their drag car.

Now that is for the true motor boatin' son-of-a-bitch.:)