Animation Library

Please note that these animations are protected by Copyright and may not be distributed without express written consent of the artist; they are not "public domain" and you may not post them anywhere. Thank you.

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***NEW*** Ignition animation -- 1mb Quicktime This high-quality Quicktime animation is a closeup look at the spark plug ignition events.

***NEW*** 2x3 Working Chamber animation -- 1mb Quicktime This high-quality Quicktime animation shows the working chambers of both rotors with three chambers each.

***NEW*** Chamber-Centric -- 848K GIF This animation illustrates the volume of the working chamber as it progresses though a full cycle, but with the rotation nullified.

Cycloidal Gearing -- 498K and 399K GIFs These two animations illustrated cycloidal gearing. The first shows a typical application, while the second shows the rotary engine application, with one gear fixed.

Working Chamber Volume animation -- 880K GIF This animation illustrates the volume of the working chamber as it progresses though a full cycle.

Perspective animation -- 3.5mb QuickTime This animation illustrates the movement of the rotor in the housing, relative to the rotation of the eccentric shaft.

Front animation -- 2.6mb QuickTime This animation illustrates the movement of the rotor in the housing, relative to the rotation of the eccentric shaft, but from a straight-on perspective.

Rotor-Centric animation -- 2.4mb QuickTime This animation is similar to the others, except the rotor orientation is fixed, while the housing moves around.

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