funshootin1 Says:

May 26, 2012 - pretty bad ass computer generated assembly....

SirDjDan Says:

May 25, 2012 - 2:49 there's a leak in your engine.

lucianp46 Says:

May 25, 2012 - and runs on what exactly? vodka?

Pynaegan Says:

May 24, 2012 - That's a LOT of bolts/screws! O_O

GnosisMan50 Says:

May 24, 2012 - Russian? hmm...this looks a lot like the Mighty Engine..I wonder what Raphial Morgado has to say about this..

eddyabc Says:

May 24, 2012 - That is an ingenious design. What are the bhp and torque figures in comparison with a 'conventional' reciprocating piston engine? Is it capable of mechanical drive, or just electricity generation?

MrsDeliciousness Says:

May 24, 2012 - LOLZ

r00dd00d Says:

May 23, 2012 - that would suck trying to replace the o-rings O.o nice music though. very matrixy.

ingeniero3aleman Says:

May 23, 2012 - without discousing the concept of otto motor the animated video is amazing. I like to hire the guy who made it for my own projects and inventions to produce presentation in this style for my inventions. I also offer free living in South of Spain optional!

logtech663 Says:

May 22, 2012 - cracked pistons? 

fixitdude74 Says:

May 22, 2012 - nice idea, way to complicated tho, why not just strap a gas turbine to alternator, yanks did it with 8500 locos in late 40's before turbo charging of diesels locos in america.

eliteexistence Says:

May 22, 2012 - did u make this video

Emmanuel4R145 Says:

May 21, 2012 - Well, he did it, a real toroidal motor, and patented it, in the 70's, but he did abandon it, "may" be because you are right. However, I was watching some videos of contemporary inventors of rotary motors, and, the inventor of the better desing (according to me), talks about an efficience improvement close to that of a normal Taurozzi motor... Not a miracle, like some others like to claim (MYT motor, f.e.)

pacotaco99 Says:

May 20, 2012 - They are lubricated through mixing oil in the gasoline.

AshtonCoolman Says:

May 20, 2012 - Nah man, they got it all wrong. You need to put a BIG turbo on it, then it will work right.

ICEGTN Says:

May 20, 2012 - You don't need to have a constant rotation because there is a battery between the generator and the electric motor(s).

myryonspoof Says:

May 20, 2012 - needs moar bolts

AmalgmousProxy Says:

May 17, 2012 - The only modern use of the "Taurozzi motor" is an air compressor, there are two companies that produce and offer in the market of Argentina, the heads are free of oil. It is the work of Eduardo Taurozzi, Buenos Aires, inventor and designer of the internal combustion versions, he has several patents in Argentina, received awards and recognitions. To my knowledge there is only 3 internal combustion prototypes. watch?v=iMagUndFAMU&feature=relmfu

AmalgmousProxy Says:

May 17, 2012 - How am I lying? The Taurozzi pendulum motor, invented by an Argentine where only piston ring touches the cylinder walls. There is friction at one point that requires the use of lubricants, although much less than in a conventional engine. The inventor (Taurozzi) argues that Teflon bearings and rings resolved this. True, this "can" be viewed as a toroidal engine it's really not, the cylinders are simply curved not in a circular pattern. I have never seen or heard of a I/C version in production.

AmalgmousProxy Says:

May 17, 2012 - Everything I've posted is both 100% modern and historically correct. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced plans to enter the automotive world with a series of hybrid cars one called "Yo". It is said the only stable (although complex) form of the toroidal design TROPE: Toroidal Opposed Piston Engine which it's mechanics is related to the Junker engine. But tooling such an engine with curved cylinders makes field repair nearly impossible. A free piston engine is far worse.

AmalgmousProxy Says:

May 17, 2012 - It's impossible to contain such oil with a compound sealing point on either half of the toroidal block with the discs. The piston rings would literally be dragging across the gasket on both top and bottom of the block and even where the two disc the pistons are bolted to. Any loss of sealing or hot spots rotating back from the combustion cycle would ignite the trailing air fuel charge. Oil injection of a Wankel rotary style engine is the only way to keep the rotary from using oil/fuel mix.

waycam77 Says:

May 17, 2012 - Your right, not impossible. A pocket of lubricating oil could exist between the two piston heads (black band seen in the animation), although you'd have to shield it from the exhaust outlet and fuel/air inlet.

IonutsoundsM Says:

May 17, 2012 - The russian way

Atlessa Says:

May 17, 2012 - The pistons are SOMEHOW connected to the driveshaft, right? Maybe you can increase the diameter of that connection, and runa cooling agent (oil, water, whatever) thorugh it?