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What about Rotative Engine ?

1. Source : https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-maintain-a-rotary-engine

What advantages does a rotary have over a piston engine?

I’m sure there are others, but there are three primary advantages are that (Wankel) rotary engines
have over piston engines:
1. Rotaries lack any sort of reciprocating mass, meaning every moving part is
moving in a circle or an ellipse, dramatically improving smoothness, increasing
the operable engine speed, and increasing efficiency directly as a result of the
fact there isn’t any of it’s own weight that is constantly changing direction—like
pistons do.
2. Rotaries essentially operate like a two-stroke internal combustion engine, versus
the conventional four-stroke gas or diesel piston engine. The benefit here is that
there are no “strokes” wasted on intake and exhaust. Every pass of the
combustion chambers is used for compression and power.
3. There are no pumping losses associated with intake and exhaust valves, as the
rotary has ports instead of valves. The decrease in pumping loss translates to less
work the engine has to do to simply pull in an intake charge and expel an exhaust
charge.
Of course, there are numerous disadvantages too. Rotaries, while producing more horsepower per
volume than conventional piston engines, produce less torque, significantly more emissions, and in
a normal, healthy operation state, consume copious amounts of engine oil and significantly more
fuel in comparison their piston-operated counterparts. Also, traditionally the combustion-sealing
“apex seals” of rotaries have never lasted as long as conventional piston rings normally do.