How A Rotary Engine Works (In 60 Seconds)

How does a rotary engine work, like the Wankel engine used in a Mazda RX-7 or Mazda RX-8? We'll discuss the basics of rotary engines; to learn more, check out the video links below!

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[EngineeringExplained]

**Channel Update!** This isn't a shorts channel haha, and likely never will be. Regular, long episodes will continue to be released every other Friday, as they have for the past year. This is just bonus content. :)

That said... I'm going to have a Short for the next three alternating Fridays (between longer posts) to see if father algorithm takes a liking to that strategy. Ultimately, I'm in the camp of "good content wins out, " so I put a lot of time into the shorts I'll be making, and if the impact is insignificant, I'll likely just retract back to only long form. I'd imagine a larger portion of subscribers to this channel are less interested in shorts, so this kind of content may end up reaching a different audience. If that's you, welcome! If you'd like to learn a bunch more, there are many rotary videos linked in the video description of this short. How they work in detail, why they ultimately failed, how hydrogen works with rotaries, it's all fascinating!

[TKP]

Even in the model engine the apex seals are blown

[Deschain-umjz]

"That's not a spinning dorito"

RX7 boys: "And I took that personally."

[frankfisher]

Mazda was the only company to successfully mass produce a rotary engine. One great benefit of it was that the red line for rpms was higher than traditional engines

[ctfuser]

Bro is teaching better than most teachers 💀

[mrclown]

How A Rotary Engine Works:

Boost
Apex seals

[hashbrownz]

In an alternate universe, metallurgy allows for invincible apex seals but we just couldn't ever figure out those damn piston rings.

[ShowMeTheMoneyShot]

I miss my 85 Rx7, one of the vehicles I regret ever selling to this day

[Somerandomguyinthecomments]

Arguably one of the coolest sounding engines

[_VipersBite]

"That's not a spinning dorito"
*YOU DARE QUESTION THE HOLY BRAP BRAP DORITO*

[snfriedm]

I once explained to someone how a rotary engine works in my schools bathroom.

[philgiglio]

The RX3 I once owned impressed me with how quiet and smooth it ran. It was so easy to over rev it that a buzzer would sound to let you know it was time to back off the loud pedal

[neilryan]

Please do a video on the liquid piston engine, it’s literally an all around improved version of this

[MongooseTacticool]

"You wanna burn oil, son? Cause that's how you burn oil."

[leandraleo]

recently asked my brother to explain car sounds (ratatata, stutututu, brap brap). so now i can say that this right here is a brap brap

[creaturalshade]

I've always wondered about how they worked. I still have lots and lots and lots of questions. But this is a good start

[diveforknowledge]

Rotary engines are very efficient when properly maintained. They are also only properly maintained for roughly the first hour of operation.

[spray_cheese]

The LED lights to show the fuels compression state is very useful for demonstration, that was a bit challenging for me to try and understand when I first learned regular combustion engines until I saw a cutaway gif with the same fading colors showing compression and (edited)combustion.(I originally said “detonation” but I was corrected. And I can see where they are coming from. But in my defense. It’s a rotary😂)

[ronthornton]

"That's not a spinning dorito you're looking at."
YES TF IT IS 😤😤😤

[cookiemonster]

true man. if only there was a channel for this. i would love to watch their videos at 3am where random videos are the most intresting ones