Vane Rotary Engine (Scissors Action Engine)

This is the first ever actually WORKING internal combustion engine that uses vanes in a so called cat-and-mouse motion. It is also known as scissors action engine/mechanism. There have been many attempts to create such engine (starting with Stephenson who created the first steam locomotive), but all of them failed. There are many challenges that have to be overcome in order to create a real working engine of this type. To name a few: sealing, thermal management, stresses in bearings and stresses in the cra

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