Engineering the World’s Fastest Cars with Jason Fenske
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The Rotating Rotor Engine
Electricity is really good at rotating things. So that's what turbines are. That's what just rotate. And that's what it does best. Gasoline, you need your Rube Goldberg device to end up turning your wheels. Right? We use reciprocating motion to create circular motion with combustion engines versus circular motion for like motor. Exactly. Perfectly worded. The rotary engine does exist. The engine just brings your mask in your commercial. Yeah. Mm hmm.
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