I found this interesting as well:
http://www.coatesengine.com/lookmom_noCamshaft.htm
Seems like the sealing mechanism was the big drawback, and understandably.
In a normal engine, the combustion works to close the valves, but this
design would try to blow the valve off the top of the engine.
Then your rotary crowd would scoff "Valves, why do you need valves?"
Cool stuff.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Clements" <mikec@actional.com>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: interesting cylinder head design
> Anyone ever heard of this before? Looks really cool to me.
>
> http://www.coatesengine.com/eGallery/pages/RotaryValveSystem.htm
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