[TheForge] New engine OT:

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

James Binnion wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Peter Hirst wrote:
>>
>> OK, so now why am I wrong here?
My screw up..still had my fuzzy head on the Quasiturbine  model.pf
>>
> 
> 
> The engine is a modified Lutz engine. Dates back to the 1940's Lutz  
> made it work as a diesel. Ran a bicycle off of it. He also got a  
> patent on the swinging piston design so this guys patent has to be  
> some variant on Lutz's design. The major problem for Lutz and probably  
> this guy is the seals between disks. It is easy to use elastomers if  
> you are running it off air but at the temps of an IC engine the  
> materials problem is more difficult. Not impossible but difficult. I  
> think seal life will be a major problem for this kind of engine.
> 
> 
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
> 
> 
> 
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