So last year I made this video on the Omega 1 engine. And it kind of went viral. And when going thru the specs of the engine its easy to see why people are excited. But since then Astron aero space really didn’t give us a whole lot in terms of updates. In fact the web site seems to be un changed from the time of my first video on the engine.

This is lead many to speculate whether the engine is even real or just a money grab. I mean with so many of us hoping for a future where small lightweight hydrogen powered engines will power our cars, this engine is perfect. Now I'm not going to lie, I also started wondering how legit this engine was, then I got a comment linking me to a video of them testing the actual prototype.

But before we get into that, if you didn’t watch the previous video, let me quickly update you on the specs, and then we will get into the actual prototype.

Aston aero space have many claims when it comes to the Omega engine. The omega 1 is a rotary engine with no seals, barely any moving parts, and almost no losses in the combustion cycle. You see With a traditional internal combustion engine you lose stacks of energy through heat and friction, and with this new engine by Astron Aerospace. They aim to eliminate nearly all the losses associated with internal combustion.

Now these engines are modular and stackable, 1 unit weighs around 16KG’s and develops 160 hp and 170 lb-ft of torque. Now according to them these engines can spin up to 25k rpm. Like I said they are stackable and All of the power of a single-engine is multiplied by the number of engines that may be placed end-to-end. So lets say you have 3 rotors, you would have 480HP and the total weight of the motors would be 48kg’s, which is an insane power to weight ratio for an engine.

how does it work?

Well the theory is that Aerodynamic forces are eliminated since the engine is air-cooled, rotating shafts encircle the engine openings, and both upper and lower shafts counterrotate. The design splits the four-stroke combustion cycle in two the one part for intake and compression and the other for combustion and exhaust, The intake air is compressed and travels through a rotary valve to a pre-chamber between the rotors, where fuel is injected, and when it enters the power side rotor, it ignites, driving the rotor, and then leaves through the exhaust port. Now this engine has no seals, how is this possible, well according to Astron aero space the answer is Very tight tolerances are key,

Now as many of you guys pointed out tight tolerances also could bring down the lifespan of the engine, and its things like this that make you wonder if the engine would even work.

Well today we will look at a few videos of an actual running engine and we will use these to try and see how well these engines actually work.

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