KnowraWankel engineLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Wankel engine, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 3Related 2Compared with 6CrankshaftCompared with: Its rotor eliminates the piston-and-crankshaft conversion used in conventional piston engines.Connecting rodCompared with: Its rotor produces shaft rotation without the piston-and-connecting-rod linkage.Piston engineCompared with: It produces power without reciprocating pistons, avoiding their characteristic motion and components.Reciprocating engineCompared with: It performs intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust without reciprocating pistons.Alphonse Beau de RochasCompared with: Its rotary mechanism achieves engine cycles without the piston-stroke arrangement he described.Petrol engineCompared with: It burns a petrol–air charge but replaces the conventional piston-and-crank mechanism.