Ayikokuqala ngqa ukuba sithethe ngekamva lenjini yakwaWankel, umxholo ofanele imigca emininzi apha eRazão Automóvel.
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka siye satyhila ukuba i-Wankel iya kuzalwa kwakhona njenge-range extender yesithuthi sombane. Emva koko i-Mazda ibhalise i-patent kwaye ifanelwe inqaku elichaza yonke into emele yenzeke, ilindele oko besikulindele. Ngoku Mazda iqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni imbuyekezo.
Indalo kaFélix Wankel ngoku ifumana ubomi obutsha eMazda njengerotha enye, engadityaniswanga kwishaft drive kwaye ikwimo ethe tye, ngokungafaniyo nendawo ethe nkqo yemveli efumaneka koomatshini abaxhomekeke kwiWankel ngokuhamba kwabo.
Kutheni Wankel?
Njengoko sasisele sihambele phambili, ukhetho lweWankel, luvavanyiwe kwiprototype yangaphambili esekwe kwiMazda2, iziphumo ezivela I-vibration-free kunye nobukhulu obuhlangeneyo: i-rotor motor enye ithatha indawo efanayo nebhokisi yezicathulo - kunye neeperipherals ezifana nefriji efakwe, umthamo owenziweyo awukho ngaphezu kweebhokisi zezihlangu ezimbini.Uzakuba yintoni umsebenzi wale njini?
Le njini ye-Wankel iya kufakwa kwenye yezinto ezahlukeneyo ze 100% imodeli yexesha elizayo yombane ukuba i-Mazda iya kuqalisa ngo-2020, iqinisekisa iingqikelelo zethu (ok, siphosakele umhla). Kuya kusebenza njengokwandiswa kokuzimela, ukuphelisa ukuxhalaba okubangelwa zezi ziphakamiso, ngenxa yokwesaba ukuba abasebenzisi bayo kufuneka "bahambe ngeenyawo". IsiNgesi siyibiza ngokuthi yi- range ixhala.
I-Mazda ikwabhengeza ukuhambelana kweWankel kunye neLPG kwaye, kwimeko kaxakeka, inokusebenza njengejenereyitha yombane.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Mazda ikholelwa ukuba ukungenelela kule njini akuyi kuba yimfuneko ngokwenene. Umenzi waseJapan ukholelwa ukuba into yokuba abaqhubi abafaki ngaphezu kwe-60 km ngosuku, ngokomyinge, xa besiya emsebenzini, kuya kwenza ukusetyenziswa kwale injini kunqabile kakhulu.
Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi zonke iinkcukacha malunga nekamva lenjini yeWankel? Eli nqaku linempendulo.