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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.
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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
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
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 3:29 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] No more RX's from Mazda after
2101
Now what?
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