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Beautiful new rotary engine ready to run Cylinder details after running Cylinders after a short run Valve rocker mechanism A sight to behold Marsha Murphy and Fred Murrin "running in" TVAL's Oberursel Fred Murrin running the engine at various power settings to check mixture and performance The UR.2 becomes a blur when running Fred Murrin and Gene DeMarco discuss the UR2's performance Fed Murrin operating the UR.2 Fred putting some time on the new engine Smooth and powerful At this point we've accumulated nearly ten hours without a single fault Another side view showing the accessories Simply AMAZING! Oberursel UR.II UR.2 - Exploded View of Engine Assembly Oberursel Engine Cutaway CAD Oberursel poster 1 Oberursel poster 2 Fred and Gene testing the Engine UR.2 Still More on Oberursel Engine... Oberursel Reproduction Oberursel Engine Running Film of Rotary Engine Workings Machining parts for the UR2 (02) Machining parts for the UR2 Back to top


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