it's the new quasiturbine engine it's halfway between the rotary and turbine engine and was developed by a family in russia

here's the site

http://www.quasiturbine.com/

if you watch this short 15 min video you'll get the most of it

http://www.quasiturbine.com/ER...4.htm

 

my friend and i are looking to get one of these in a shifter kart chassis

 

oh yeah and it can run on steam, hydrogen, comprssed air, practically anything, and they are just now getting internal combusion to work :D

 

Looks like a standard rotary engine basically, with 4 sides instead of 3.

 

it's actually completly different though

instead of a three sided rotor it uses four blades and it's in an oval shell so it rotates from a diamond and then collapes into a square (more compression)

 

there are lots of these developmental engines out there, once I see an OEM make a car based around one of them I will beleive it has a chance.

 

bump to see if anyone even cares

 

it's very interesting idea, couldn't get the video to work though

 

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here's the site

http://www.quasiturbine.com/

if you watch this short 15 min video you'll get the most of it

http://www.quasiturbine.com/ER...4.htm

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It seems that every month for the last 50 years (or more), someone has come out with some kind of new engine that promises to 'revolutionize the world' with its increased HP, increased fuel economy, and decreased emissions. Yet none has been any kind of threat to the conventional piston engine. In other words, I am not holding my breath on this one.

 

well the quasiturbine engine is with the rotary and piston engine on howstuffworks.com

and thats where i found out about it

if they bother putting it on there you know something is up