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Re:“Inside-out Wankel” rotary engine delivers 5X the power o... by pas on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @12:54PM (#35457083)
but it fails gracefully, right? (only one engine fails at a time)

it's like RAID, great until the RAID card itself fails

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Re:“Inside-out Wankel” rotary engine delivers 5X the power o... by aidenn0 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:50PM (#35461546)
It's probably most like losing power in a single cylinder; the effects vary from engine to engine.
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Re:“Inside-out Wankel” rotary engine delivers 5X the power o... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:55PM (#35461611)
They tend to seize and when they do and you gang them they'll likely break stuff in the other ones unless you add a freewheel or some other luxury like that.
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