I've followed the discussion on intake manifolds with some interest. I've noted interest in the recent past of producing an aluminum intake manifold. That process is on-going, starting w/ the aquisition of additional equipment for my shop. I expect that to be inhouse in early July after which I expect to start producing some prototype parts etc.

 

It's interesting to see Tracy's manifold and note how different it is from both Mistrals unit as well as what most experts in the field feel is the best intake length. Is this the manifold that was used in the Sun & Fun race a few years back?

 

Regards

 

Jarrett Johnson

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:26:53 -0500, Charlie England <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

On 6/14/2016 9:52 AM, Tom Mann wrote:
> Any Idea as to where one might find this information?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Charlie England
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:43 AM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral
>
> It's not that hard to make an intake that will make great power. Look at
> Tracy's setup. Might not be aesthetically beautiful to some eyes, but to
> me, function is beauty. I don't know of any N/A 2 rotor that's as fast
> as his -4, or as efficient at lower speeds. And really simple to make.
>
> Charlie

Hope Tracy doesn't mind; here's a shot of the Renesis manifold. I
believe that the tubes inside the 'box' were later extended to be near
the opposite wall. IIRC, Tracy said that the tubes are ~11" from the
face of the block to the end of the bellmouth.

You can see old versions of the RWS website by using the Wayback Machine
& picking a date.

Charlie

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