X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-bw0-f52.google.com ([209.85.214.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5149842 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:34:22 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.214.52; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by bke5 with SMTP id 5so4955374bke.25 for ; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:33:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=87v5/UrJKtPYbbx6ZYFRBIFUaHQh9/CjsYbzNEGadZ8=; b=hCa1VuR5qim7cqt14/j9RmEwDiQFqAbQm6cersCIia2fcqtz3BcW+mn2pAXePkpxH4 XeWRCMTvCzzGPoVRe8YeXFoeZjK94lZQOhiOtZqXBT/Mktmh5MwvFLpQ4rU277VWr6Eh nh72Oto8g1thC/5LLVX1PJ/N1pjG7oLJOex+g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.65.72 with SMTP id h8mr694403fai.37.1318026824552; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:33:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.72.7 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:33:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:33:44 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: No more RX's from Mazda after 2101 From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174029b8ae91a104aebd0800 --0015174029b8ae91a104aebd0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 OK Ed, The good news - Mazda still promises to further develop the Rotary, they are just discontinuing the RX-8 for now. Which means there is still a great of hope for the 16B. The Bad news- don't expect the 16B to be a significantly better aircraft engine than the 13B. Word is that it is just mostly improved in low end torque and not in total horsepower. The biggest benefit is probably just the fact that it is all aluminum. Which you could get for the 13B with the right amount of money. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Ed Anderson wrote: > ** > Well, I guess that means the piggy bank that has been accumulating $$ for > my 16X installation - will have to be broken into for other toys. > Disappointing for sure - this was the model I thought was essentially ideal > for an alternative engine in my RV-6A. Not to be {:>( > > Ed > > Edward L. Anderson > Anderson Electronic Enterprises LLC > 305 Reefton Road > Weddington, NC 28104 > http://www.andersonee.com > http://www.eicommander.com > > *From:* CozyGirrrl@aol.com > *Sent:* Friday, October 07, 2011 3:29 PM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] No more RX's from Mazda after 2101 > > > > http://www.ajc.com/business/mazda-to-stop-making-1196172.html#.To7_-hUF57Y.email > > Now what? > --0015174029b8ae91a104aebd0800 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OK Ed,

The good news - Mazda still promises to further develop the = Rotary, they are just discontinuing the RX-8 for now.=A0 Which means there = is still a great of hope for the 16B.

The Bad news- don't expect= the 16B to be a significantly better aircraft engine than the 13B.=A0 Word= is that it is just mostly improved in low end torque and not in total hors= epower. The biggest benefit is probably just the fact that it is all alumin= um.=A0 Which you could get for the 13B with the right amount of money.

--
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
Well, I guess that means the piggy bank that has been= =20 accumulating $$ for my 16X installation - will have to be broken into for o= ther=20 toys.=A0 Disappointing for sure - this was the model I thought was=20 essentially ideal for an alternative engine in my RV-6A.=A0 Not to be=20 {:>(
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Ed
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Edward L. Anderson
Anderson Electronic Enterprises= =20 LLC
305 Reefton Road
Weddington, NC 28104
http://www.andersonee.com
http://www.eicommander.com

Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 3:29 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <= /div>
Subject: [FlyRotary] No more RX's from Mazda after=20 2101

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