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Friends, Hello everyone! With you, Klepachevsky, and today we have a look at the rotary engine... from a slightly different angle! Our social networks Instagram: / turbofun_crew VK: https://vk.com/public185016665 Yes, throughout the entire existence of the internal combustion engine in cars, the only type that could compete with the piston engine was the Rotary Piston Engine. Even if it was complicated, even if it was not very reliable, although there are also a lot of examples of fragile piston engines, but it was this very competition! Why was it able to take root in the world of engines? Of course, not only thanks to the efforts of Mazda, their contribution is useless to deny, it is huge! The rotary engine has a lot of advantages, such as simplicity of design, the absence of reciprocating motion and cheapness of production! It easily rotates more than 10 thousand revolutions per minute, and this is what made many people fall in love with it, including even Mercedes, with their C111 supercar! But now let's imagine... we have a high-speed engine that runs on gasoline and... what happens if you adapt it to diesel! Today we will look at how Rolls Royce made the first diesel rotor! We will find out who tried to repeat it after them and why the projects were doomed both times! And most importantly! History is already being made in our time, because now in the USA the Liquid Piston company is closer than anyone else to launching a multi-fuel rotary engine into production! How did they do it? Today we will tell you about it! Enjoy watching, Friends!