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by grecy 4238 days ago
> "well if (rotaries are) so much better why isn't it more common".

That's a complicated question with a complicated answer, but it basically boils down to there having been hundreds of billions of dollars (trillions?) spent on R&D for traditional (pison, conrod, crank, block) engines, while only a tiny amount has been spent on R&D for rotaries and other "different" designs.