World Finals Pics 2012

[ang4th2]

nice pics .. I was there too with my son Daniel .. check out that watkins ski .. I found it in Burlington Ontario here it is sitting in my garage about 3 years ago ..
ashamed to say I didnt even know what it was and at the time going througha separation didnt really care ... not sure if i like it restored may have been nice to keep it original .. I tried to get the infor from teh guy I bought it from more than once but he has no idea how it came to be up here in Canada

there is my son with Olga holding teh 21 boat . and me with the xscream gorilla haha

proud of my son .. after a perfect start then some confusion he let off the throttle thinking he was getting red flagged he worked his way back up from the back of the pack to 7th out of 14 they took the first 6 to qualify ,, then out of 14 in teh LCQ only two qualify he came in third ! close but ohh well still a very respectable showing and he did awesome !

 

[todc207]

www.wasserjet.com

Super interesting? Never mentions HP or price guesstimates? So is the blurry pic on the home page a Rickter? First I have herd about this

 

[iangdesign]

That site has been that way for a couple years. I thought the project went by the wayside considering the state of the website but seeing it pop back up at WFs, maybe someone is breathing some life and funds back into it.

 

[RiverMike]

the website said 120HP and option for turbo for 200HP..

 

[SuperN8]

Rotary Motors, would be great for racing and WOT applications.
Horrible for those looking for low-end torque and off idle performance.

 

[vito]

great pics

 

[shmity1]

Rotary engines have smoother power delivery due to rotors having 3 faces and the varying rotational rates of the rotors and eccentric shaft. This causes the rotary engine to have a 50 percent longer duration of combustion than a piston engine. A rotary engine delivers power via combustion for 3/4 of each revolution of the eccentric shaft, where as in a piston engine combustion only occurs for a 1/4 of each revolution of the crankshaft. This results in a higher horsepower to liter (size) ratio for the rotary engine over a piston engine. Thus, an equivalent piston engine to a rotary engine is 1.5 to 2 times the size of the rotary engine.

 

[BrightE's]

Rotary engines have smoother power delivery due to rotors having 3 faces and the varying rotational rates of the rotors and eccentric shaft. This causes the rotary engine to have a 50 percent longer duration of combustion than a piston engine. A rotary engine delivers power via combustion for 3/4 of each revolution of the eccentric shaft, where as in a piston engine combustion only occurs for a 1/4 of each revolution of the crankshaft. This results in a higher horsepower to liter (size) ratio for the rotary engine over a piston engine. Thus, an equivalent piston engine to a rotary engine is 1.5 to 2 times the size of the rotary engine.

Does all this mean that Wankel engines are capable of hitting large amounts of low end torque? HP and Torque I thought were two entirely different beasts.