Compression ignition Wankel-type rotaries have been built and run.

Bill Daniels


"Bryan Martin" wrote in message
...
No. The Mazda rotary engine is an Otto cycle engine, the same cycle used
in
a piston engine. Jet fuel has too low an octane rating for an Otto cycle
engine, you would get pre-ignition. You would have to convert it to direct
fuel injection to use these low octane fuels. You wouldn't gain much
efficiency unless you also found a way to significantly increase the
compression ratio as well.

in article , Dan Nafe at
wrote on 2/21/05 12:32 PM:


would a mazda/wankle-rotary run on Jet-A, JP-4, etc?


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Bryan Martin