Unlike a Wankel engine that features a triangular rotor ... LiquidPiston is packing the engine into a hybrid eVTOL unmanned military aircraft for a demonstration to the US Army later this year.

Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.

Beyond that, the trail gets pretty cold. Some speculate it was designed and built by the Russian aircraft engine company Aviadvigatel. It currently produces a variety of jet engines, but it has ...

By application, the aerospace segment is anticipated to experience growth in the Wankel engine market, owing to its increasing adoption in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light aircraft.

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

Hiding in the basement of the Studebaker Museum is a Lark with an air-cooled Porsche 4-cylinder in the trunk. Most Porsche ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

A lot of talk this morning about whether Malaysia Air Flight 370’s aircraft engine monitoring data indicate that the aircraft continued to fly for hours after its transponder stopped transmitting.

Mazda isn't the only company out there working on the next-generation rotary engine. According to China Car Times, Chery is also dabbling in Wankel technology. The company isn't so much interested ...

The only cars in recent times to utilise a Wankel rotary engine have been Mazdas – the RX-8 being the most recent. But the revolutionary engine has made an appearance in plenty of other vehicles ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Wankel Engines Market by Type (Water Cooled and Air Cooled), and Application (Automotive and Aerospace): Global Opportunity Analysis and ...