Quasiturbine engines? wtf?

Quasiturbine engines? wtf?

i just came across info about these today...seems like a rotary, only better. i still have to read through the page, but it definitely perked my interest.

http://www.quasiturbine.com/


anyone know anything about them beyond what's on that site?

hummm

as i said, does anything know anything else about them? have any opinions on them?

something better than "humm" - trying to get an educated discussion going on in here.

lol always to the point huh Fal lol......... well I think it's a good idea but well can't really say anythin at this point till it actually comes out and test the quality of the motor or so they high quality that they claim it has.... hopefully it'll be somethin good though cause it sounds like a smart idea.

Basically looks like a rotary engine but with four sides instead of three, thus the "Quasi", meaning "Four"...

hmm so does that mean more power and reliability or just power and engine breakage at 50K lol

read through the WHOLE page and then tell me what you think

ahhh maybe tomorrow .... 2 lazzz-e right now hehehe

that is quite interesting, is the quasiturbine, going to be used on future vehicles? It's been patented since 1996 and we are just now hearing about it. I have to admit, that the quasiturbine looks promising, but how exactly will that be integrated in an automobile where there are so many different sensors and electronics?

my cousin has an rx8... he told me that that bitch sucks gas big time... his city mpg is 13-14... would this take more gas though? thats how i see it... interesting concept though...

i didn't read through it all...... it's too much "hyping" of the engine, to an extent

to me it looks to be pretty much a rotary without apex seals AND more moving parts.... this engine would need to have specialities just like a rotary does.... which means high manufacturing cost and low reliability......

exactly what I said man.... I mean the motor could be making more power but if reliability is crappy it's not even worth spending money in it (assuming that is expensive since it took over 10 yrs to develop) but the idea has mad merit though, props to the developers....

Mazda rotary engine eat gas because the "triangle rotor" (dunno the right term) need to rotate 3 times to make 1 revolution. If you want 5000rpm, the "triangel" need to rotate at 15000rpm.

This Quasiturbine is different, rotates once = 1 rev. Maybe the concept is similar to mazda rotary, but the math and mechanism are different.

But there is so many moving part in the quasiturbine (4 moving corner joints) compare to mazda rotary (1 piece nothing move triangle), don't think it can handle boost so well.

5000rpm on a rotary engine is 5000rpm on a rotary engine. rpm is based on crank rotation, or in this case the eccentric shaft. also a 2 rotor engine has 3 moving parts, the eccentric shaft and 2 rotors. the reason that a rotory engine uses so much fuel is 1. fuel is used partially as a lubricant, and 2. a 1.3 2 rotor rotory engine moves as much air as a 3.9 liter piston engine.

the rx8 also requires 93% octane level...

ive read over some sections of it... what i get out of it is that... its a good idea money wise and for the enviroment but its going to take a crapload of time to actually manufacture and put into cars

good point... and they have to prove that the technology is actually worth it to replace piston engines for manufacturers to actually onsider of putting those engines in their cars...

What I meant about was the "triangle" need to rotate 3 times to make 1 crank rotation.

Again, I was talking about the "triangle", not the gears. The "triangle" is 1 piece design, not changing sharp like that quasiturbine.

Why a 1.3L rotor moves as much as a 3.9L piston engine? Coz the "triangle" need to rotate 3 times to make 1 crank rotation.

ugh
triangle = rotor
the rotor has three sides, for every one rotation of the crank one side of the rotor goes through the whole 4 stroke process. and the other two sides are just one step behind.
it doesnt need to rotate three times..... it has three sides.
a 4cylinder engine fires one cylinder every 90 degrees of crank rotation, are you telling me that for my corolla to rev to 5000rpm it is actually at 20,000rpm at the crank?

lol...... i love when piston engine people talk about rotaries.....

& yeah, fuel is used as a lubricant and a sealant......apex seals can only do so much

is that support from you? it feels so...... so..... dirty

ive been in and out of a few rotary engines..... from a 530 horse 13b from an aussie cosmo all the way to a carbed 12a back in highschool i made into a working cutaway for the rest of the classes

I think what he means is if you took the rotor and broke it into three triangles, that's what he's referring to by "triangle". Because if you think of it that way what he's saying sort of makes sense. However, 5000 rpm is 5000 rpm, but yes, in a rotary it would be equal to 15000 rpm on a piston engine, if you think if that way, because the offset lobe does rotate three times for every one rotation of the rotor.