The rotary engine.
I was 14 at the time and just getting interested in cars and engines and how they all fit together. I remember looking at an engine diagram and thinking “huh. I wonder how we could make this smaller.” I started by making a sort of pushrod engine shown below.
That made me wonder if I could make it less complicated so I basically came up with the Wankel Rotor design shown below
After planning how I would spend my millions of dollars I showed my design to my dad who proceeded to applaud my design and how I got there but told me I was a little too late to capitalize on it :(
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