Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 339538 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:03:22 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040730150253.SBVB1721.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:02:53 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "Flyrotary List" Subject: Mistral at OSH Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:03:13 -0500 Message-ID: <016601c47646$56335710$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0167_01C4761C.6D5D4F10" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0167_01C4761C.6D5D4F10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This just in from the Avweb update. Rusty =20 =20 Wankel: Mistral Rotary Hmmmms In Mistral's two-rotor turbocharged G-230-TS Wankel engine was on display = in the Piper Arrow airframe it pulled to the show. The Swiss-built 230-hp, liquid-cooled is being developed in Daytona Beach, FL, with the = assistance of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The installation amassed more = than 30 flights before arriving in OSH. Testing for FAA certification is underway. Although the engine itself, which displaces just 654cc from = the twin rotors, is little bigger than a beer keg, it requires considerable ancillary equipment, including a radiator and plumbing for the = turbocharger. Wankels traditionally use dual spark plugs, so it's no surprise to see = the Mistral's redundant ignition systems. Using a planetary gear prop = reduction unit, the engine can turn ... 6500 rpm ... for a prop speed of just 2300 rpm. Weighing 328 pounds dry, the G-230 is intended to burn 100LL or unleaded auto gas.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0167_01C4761C.6D5D4F10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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Wankel: Mistral Rotary Hmmmms=20 In

Mistral's two-rotor turbocharged G-230-TS Wankel = engine=20 was on display in the Piper Arrow airframe it pulled to the show. The=20 Swiss-built 230-hp, liquid-cooled is being developed in Daytona Beach, = FL,=20 with the assistance of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The = installation=20 amassed more than 30 flights before arriving in OSH. Testing for FAA=20 certification is underway. Although the engine itself, which displaces = just=20 654cc from the twin rotors, is little bigger than a beer keg, it = requires=20 considerable ancillary equipment, including a radiator and plumbing = for the=20 turbocharger. Wankels traditionally use dual spark plugs, so it's no = surprise=20 to see the Mistral's redundant ignition systems. Using a planetary = gear prop=20 reduction unit, the engine can turn ... 6500 rpm ... for a prop speed = of just=20 2300 rpm. Weighing 328 pounds dry, the G-230 is intended to burn 100LL = or=20 unleaded auto gas.

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