It is sad that the Starapex engine is not understood.
The four cycle reciprocating piston engine completes fewer functions within a substantially restricted time frame. For example, the power stroke takes place when the crankshaft moves from the one o'clock to the five o'clock position. This is 120 degrees of the 720 degrees of rotation required to complete the four cycle functions.
The Starapex engine completes the power stroke in 36 degrees of rotation. At the same time, it completes a 36 degree exhaust stroke, a 36 degree flush stroke, a 36 degree intake stroke and a 36 degree compression stroke.
It is also sad that the Wankel engine is not understood. The same four stroke functions that take place in the aforesaid piston engine take place in the Wankel engine in 360 degrees of crankshaft revolution.
The problem with the misunderstanding of the Wankel design causes designers and manufacturers to mix up the strokes. What we have is an engine that tries to run backwards and forwards at the same time. We find the intake ports are open when the engine is in the compression cycle. We find the exhaust port open when the engine should be in the last third of the power stroke. We also have the exhaust pressure mixing with the intake.
The understanding of the Starapex engine is the open door to understanding the Wankel engine.
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