Both pistons and valves move in and out of a space at the top of engine cylinders known as the “combustion chamber”.

Much like piston rings, these seals have to be lubricated. However, due to the design of the rotary engine, there is no way to keep the oil lubricating the seals out of the combustion chamber.

Eventually the combustion chamber opens to the intake plenum where ... which starts out way less than with triple-ring ...

A spark plug ignites the fuel which makes the combustion gases push the piston, to drive the crankshaft. Watch the video to see it in action. Produced by Leon Siciliano More from Tech A triangle ...

The piston is placed into a machine that will ... which regulate the pressure inside the combustion chamber. This stage requires close attention to detail. BluePrint makes a wide variety of ...

[Camden Bowen] recently 3D printed a single-piston engine which nearly worked ... combustion before the exhaust gasses leave the combustion chamber, the plastic 3D printed head and valve train ...