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FWIW:
The disparaging comments come from the unlikeliest
sources as well.
A few years back before buying my RD1C I called a geared
PSRU distributor in Canada to inquire about the possibility of using
his redrive on the Mazda rotary. The one attractive part on his unit to me
was the off-set that would allow me to lower the engine, a desirable detail in
my installation. I asked if his redrive had ever been used in combination
with the Mazda rotary, and if so, what about the harmonics issues particular to
the Mazda and how he addressed them. At the time I also indicated that my
other consideration was the already proven unit from RWS. What followed from him
was a diatribe about the failures of the RWS ECU. He never answered my questions
or addressed the issues I queried about, choosing instead to
disparage Tracy's work and the Mazda rather than telling me how
his own redrive could, or not work for me. That was enough for me to learn I did
not want to deal with this fellow. I would rather deal with
the one who has been there in the rotary world since the beginning,
had a proven track record and know that there would be someone there
who was willing to work with me in getting to my objective.
Beyond that what stands out to me is that the biggest
teething problem for so many with the Mazda rotary so far is the complexity of
the ECU/fuel inj/ ignition. As has been pointed out, the EC2 is not a plug and
play device and does take some degree of ghostbusters poltergeist work
to chase the gremlins down. And this may be a daunting issue for more
than one of us. I am planning on a dead nuts basic carburated induction at
least initially just to ease this part of the process.
Michael in soggy Maine
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:08 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: More progress,
more questions....
The
anti-rotary sentiments are out there in many shapes.
The other day I was
surfing for PSRUs, when I read a PSRU manufacturer's diatribe about why he was
NOT making PSRUs for the Mazda. Basically he focused on the real and rumored
difficulties, past and present, of Mazda rotaries used on aircraft. This had
nothing to do with PSRUs at all, but with his prejudiced thinking. There are a
lot of rotaries out there being used in aircraft, and a lot of progress made
in making them work. I, for one, believe the rotary has the potential of
making the piston world get smaller and smaller - this is the real secret fear
of all the piston-heads - loss of prestige and money..
Oh yeah, silly me,
I forgot an important thing: Lycoming and Continental designed their engines,
and they performed perfectly right away, never needing trials, never
experiencing problems, never having to issue product warnings or recalls,
right, guys!!?? No wonder all the rotary-experimenting poor slobs need to be
put straight immediately and often! (For you concrete thinkers out there, this
is sarcasm - I don't want to be blasted mistakenly.)
BTW, does anyone have
a list of PSRU's that are also made for rotaries? The emphasis today seems to
be on geared PSRUs, why is that? What scientific factual reasons prevent us
from considering cog belts or chains?
Thank you.
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