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| Nov 19, 2016 at 18:28 | comment | added | Cc Dd | @dlu I am going to upvote it because it brings up a decent point but you should be more specific that you are talking about a regrind rather than other forms of variable valve timing. a regrind would not be necessary as there is no wear as experienced on a regular cam. but variable valve timing could be a little trickier however it also took us a loooong time to develope our current variable valve timing schemes. | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 17:58 | comment | added | dlu | @ZachMierzejewski, sure. Your point is well taken. I was thinking about the valves and why a cool seeming idea didn't seem to be getting much update and lost track of what the question was. Maybe I'll leave it up for a bit and see if it attracts a few more down votes so I can get the Disciplined when I delete it :-) | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Zach Mierzejewski | -1 @dlu I respect you and you provide a lot of great insights on this site. But, this particular answer does not answer any of the questions by OP. Sorry. Friends still? | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 17:28 | comment | added | Cc Dd | In the rotary shaft you can put servos that can twist each rotor individually. these can be controlled wirelessly and powered by a positive and negative trace around the rotor shaft. 2 brushes would contact this and there would be a small battery for each since you don't want them powering on and off due to brush wear. in short harder yes impossible no. | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 15:21 | history | answered | dlu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |