The Birth of the Rotary Engine
Dream of Young Wankel
The rotary engine began with an improbable dream one summer in 1919 by a 17-year-old German boy named Felix Wankel. In the dream, he went to a concert in his own handmade car. He even remembers boasting, in the dream, to his friends; "my car has a new type of engine: a half-turbine half-reciprocated engine....more >>>