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Originally Posted by Varley
The rotating gubbins could take care of circulating the coolant I agree. It is the weight of that coolant, jackets and coolant cooler that would be the worry.
Wasn't glycol used as coolant in the Merlin? How was that 'pumped'?
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"Coolant Cooler"
Forgive me for pointing out that one of the reasons for whirling finned cylinders was effective albeit asymmetrical cooling.
The rotary engine was a relatively short lived phenomenon, a step to a goal that was not yet clearly in sight.
By far the finest engine to come out of WWI was the Napier Lion. The finest rotarys were designed by none other than W.O. Bentley, however their day was already past.
Wellness.