Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #32486
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] So many questions, so little time
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:17:17 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Good Point, I have trouble remember who has what also.  Are you thinking of something like this?
 
Engine:  Mazda Wankel Rotary
Model :  1990 13B Turbo Housing, High compression rotors 9.7:1
Modifications:  Street Ported Intake, Thermal Pellet Replaced
Intake:  Dynamic Chamber -Adjustable Length Runners
Exhaust:  Two Separate Tubes with Straight Through Mufflers
PSRU:    Real World Solutions RD-!C 2.85:1
Fuel  :      RWS EC2 with Mazda 460 cc/min Peak and Hold Injectors
Pumps:   Two High Pressure, One Low pressure Boost pump
Prop:       74x88 Wood Fixed Pitch Performance Propeller
Coolant:   Two GM Evaporator Cores, AN-16 Stainless Steel Braided Hose
Oil:           Stock 91 Oil cooler mounted under nose inside cowl
Installation:  "Plugs Up"
Power:      180 HP (based on fuel flow/performance)
First Flew:   Sept 1998
Total Time:  325 Hours June 2006
Platform:    RV-6A
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:55 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] So many questions, so little time

Greetings all,
 
I am confused. Hopefully the answers to this query will help me and those viewing this list.
 
I am considering a Rotary and am using this list as one of the sources of knowledge to give me information and to dissuade me from going over to the dark side (piston type) I am aware that there are various PRSUs, ignition systems, fuel delivery systems, radiator types, additionally, the engine used are new and used Renesis, 13-B which have either been rebuilt or not, high time, or not. etc, etc.
 
Therefore when someone lists a problem or success that he/she is having with their engine, unless one has personal knowledge of the conglomeration of parts that that specific person is using, conclusions, and possibly actions, based on this information are so general as to be almost useless in the specific.
 
Multiple times when a posting is made the next one is a question, " what kind of ### are you using?"
 
A well or poorly functioning engine is no more a collection of parts than a human body is a collection of hearts, livers and brains. All of the engine components must not only work, themselves, but must work in concert with the others to produce a mechanism that has the desired outcome and does not destroy itself in the process.
 
The postings are great, however I would like to make a request to make their stories much more meaningful:
 
It would be great if at the end of the post, possibly with the signature, a description of the unit to which the post refers.
 
This will not only help those searching for the "perfect combination" but may possibly help illuminate specific problems that particular components or combination of components have.
 
Just something to consider.
 
Rich ([Turrentine new Renesis, Crook RD1-C EC-2, EM-2, Converson Concepts mount, controllable IVO prop, radiators unknown---Proposed], on an Aerocanard SX)
 
 
 
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