Oops!  I forgot to put in a link to the site:

http://www.bob-white.com/rotary/

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:55:16 -0700
Bob White <bob@bob-white.com> wrote:

If anyone is interested, I set up a Wiki site on my server that could
be used for documentaton purposes.  I've never done a Wiki before, so
I'm just learning.  They way they work is anyone can enter or modify
data as the see fit.  With a little extra work some formatting can be
done but mostly, it's just a matter of typing stuff in or cut-and-past
from the emails.  Links are made automatically.

The advantages are that it's easy to search for information, and no
one person is needed to keep the site up to date.  The disadvantage is
that anyone can change the info! (although in the case of malicious
acts or mistakes, everything can be recovered).  Wiki proponents claim
the results aren't as bad as they sound like they would be. :)

For an example page that I put in, do a search on "intake".

If this is successful, it can be spun off onto it's own web site.
Take a look and let me know what you think.

Bob White

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:51:18 -0500
randy echtinaw <rjechtinaw@ia4u.net> wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>   Someone recently asked if anyone was documenting the successful
> applications of the rotary engine in aircraft. Unfortunately I
> deleted
>  the question but FWIW.  I am trying to keep a record for myself of
> anything I feel pertinent to my intended installation which will be
> a  non turbo'ed  200-220 hp 13B or Renesis engine. In going back
> through  my records I found the following:
>
> There is a site entitled "Best installation practices" by Mr.
> Wrathall
>
>      members.aon.at/wrathall/rotary/  There is some good data here
>      but
>
> as far as I can tell nothing has been updated at this site since
> March
>  of 2003
>
> A 2nd site, rotary.microcosman.com was to be started by Dean Head in
>  August of 2002. This was to be an improvement of the Wrathall
>  listing
> with all the do's and dont's of rotary engine installation. I just
> checked the site. I found several links to various rotary sites but
> I  did not find anything resembling the above mentioned list.
>
>    So, the short answer is no, no one is keeping a list of rotary
>    do's
>
> and dont's that I am aware of. I wish someone would. I would
> volunteer
>  except for two reasons A) I am a lurker here trying to learn and B)
>  I
>
> have never even seen a rotary engine. (A + B = totally
> unqualified:((
>  There is a tremendous amount of information on the FLYROTARY site
>  but
>
> specific answers are hard to find which is understandable because it
>  seems that what works well today is outdated tomorrow with all the
> experimenting going on.
>    I think I am in the same boat as many of the "lurkers" on this
>    site.
> I have neither the time, the money or the engine experience to
> experiment. I will leave that to people with much more talent than
> I. I  also do not have the $$$$$ to purchase a firewall forward
> installation.  What I can do, and do well, is assemble my own engine
> from proven parts  and/or designs of others.
>    There are members out there offering engine mounts, intake
>    runners,
>
> exhausts, mufflers, PSRU's, spinners and soon to be be bell housings
>  and propellers and probably more. Unfortunately, you have to be a
> member here for awhile before these suppliers reveal themselves as
> there is no listing for them.
>     After 18 months on this list I finally got the nerve to ask my
>     first
> really stupid question concerning inverted oil pickup. I had asked
> this  question once before on "another" list so I held my hands over
> my ears!  Lo and behold I immediately got several polite,
> intelligent answers.  The lesson: No matter how stupid you think
> your question is feel free  to ask it here, then I won't have to:))
> Randy  (2 SkBolts down an Acro Sport 1 to go)
>
>


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