ORIGINAL: spaceworm
The question was did the rotary engines back then develop more torque than the radials? The comparison was to the larger diameter rotating mass in the case of the outrunner vs the inrunner, and of the rotary vs the radial. Or does anyone not know? Thanks.
The WWI rotaries had a tremendous amount of torque, considering their HP and rpm range. Unfortunately is was unusable 1/2 the time and almost to much the other 1/2. Many of the planes would turn on a dime one way and would barely turn the other.