On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:53:43 +0100, DAN wrote:

Basically correct. The rotary engines had fixed inlets and outlets for indiction
and exhaust, in front of which the cylinders would scroll.

My understanding is that this didn't work very well for exhaust--that
the pilot basically lived and breathed in a foggle exhaust fumes and
castor oil droplets.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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