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Aircraft Rotary Engine Newsletter
moderated by Paul Lamar
..... Who is Paul Lamar?
..... Want to join the Newsletter?
..... Down load NASA Tech paper on turbo compound rotary engines.
..... Down load Mazda tech paper on Lemans winning p-port four rotor engine pages 1-5.
..... Down load Mazda tech paper on Lemans winning p-port four rotor engine pages 6-11.
..... Down load C. Fayette Taylor's classic work "Aircraft Propulsion" Volume 1. A history of the aircraft piston engine.
..... Down load tech paper on charged cooled Rotamax type rotary engines.
INTRODUCTION TO ROTARY ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
..... Car & Driver magazine movie (mpeg) on how the Wankel engine works. 32 meg. Requires a high speed Internet connection.
..... The Incredible Rotary Engine by Paul Lamar.Article published by EAA Sport Aviation magazine.
..... How The Wankel Works by Paul Lamar. Text.
..... Chart for How The Wankel Works.
..... Illustration of the various phases for How The Wankel Works.
..... The Rotor Verses the Piston by Paul Lamar Text.
..... Power to weight ratio chart of the Wankel engine compared to other aircraft engines.
..... Power to weight ratio chart 2 of the Wankel engine compared to other aircraft engines.
..... Power to weight ratio list of most light aircraft piston engines. Text.
..... Mazda rotary powered Porsche Cayman. .
..... Picture of aircraft piston engine broken crank shaft.
..... Picture of aircraft piston engine dropped exhaust valve.
..... What is a practical rotary engine? By Kenichi Yamamoto from his book Rotary Engine.
..... Power by Mazda Peter Garrison article in 1999 Flying Magzine.
..... Revisiting Rotaries Peter Garrison second article in Flying Magzine. Text
..... List of rotary engine technical papers. Text
..... List of recommended books on aircraft and rotary engines. Text
EXAMPLES OF WANKEL TYPE ROTARY ENGINES
..... Le Man winning Mazda 690 HP normally aspirated four rotor.
..... Le Man winning Mazda 690 HP normally aspirated four rotor picture.
..... Le Man winning Mazda 690 HP normally aspirated four rotor HP and fuel burn curves.
..... Cut-away of three rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine.
..... Racing Beat 1400 HP ducted fan turbo three Rotor
..... Racing Beat 1400 HP ducted fan turbo three Rotor
..... Picture of 1400 HP ducted fan engine on Racing Beat dyno.
..... Racing Beat Inconel exhaust manifold for turbo three rotor.
..... July 2006 Car & Driver article on PTP 390 HP turbo RX8. Same power to weight ratio as a Corvette at half the price. With four seats instead of two no less. Page one. Scan.
..... July 2006 Car & Driver article on PTP 390 HP turbo RX8. Page two. Scan. .
..... One rotor engine built by Yaw Power Products.
..... Mazda rotary in heavy duty marine use. Rotary Power Marine.
..... Two piece light weight end housing and center housing designe.
..... Two piece light weight end housing and center housing design.
..... Dyno and Static Thrust Stand by Paul Lamar
..... Graphic of a 4 rotor E-shaft from Guru Racing.
..... Guru Racing 2 rotor main shaft for center main bearing.
..... Guru Racing center main roller bearing
..... Guru Racing turbo 4 rotor Peripheral Port engine.
EXAMPLES OF ROTARY ENGINE POWERED AIRPLANES
..... Dave Garber's twin Mazda 12A turbo rotary powered Reno racer. Built in the early 1970's.
..... Three view drawing of Dave Garbers Reno racer.
..... Picture of Buelent Aliev's 13B Cosmo right side engine installation in Cozy.
..... Picture of Buelent Aliev's 13B Cosmo left side engine installation in Cozy.
..... Picture of Mike Wills RV4 under the cowl.
..... Jerry Hey's motor-mount/psru plate installed in Kis Cruiser.
..... Picture Jerry Hey's Tailwind motor mount and cooling arrangement.
..... Brian Trubee RV4 motor mount using a Schertz Beam for the rubber bushings.
..... French Greifan twin Midwest Rotary Engine powered pusher canard.
..... High power turbo three rotor ducted fan Prescot Pusher.
..... Fan for high power three rotor ducted fan Prescot Pusher.
..... Sketch of Vance Jaqua's four place, 400 MPH twin rotary ducted fan aircraft.
..... Drawing of Vance Jaqua's four place, 400 MPH twin rotary ducted fan aircraft.
..... Installation sketch of two 900 HP rotary engine powered ducted fans in business type airacraft.
..... Turbo three rotor Reno racer.
..... The intake system of a WW II P47 showing the long intake and exhaust system.
TECHNICAL TOPICS
..... How to Cool Your Wankel
..... MOTOR MOUNTS & COOLING ARRANGEMENTS
..... INTAKE SYSTEMS, SLIDE THROTTLES & P-PORTS
..... LOW COST MECHANICAL FUEL INJECTION
..... ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION
..... IGNITION SYSTEMS
..... APEX AND OTHER SEALING SYSTEMS
..... EXHAUST SYSTEMS
..... PSRU'S (GEARBOXES)
..... PROPELLOR SYSTEMS
ADVANCED TOPICS
..... POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WANKEL ROTARY ENGINE
..... TURBO COMPOUND ENGINES AND STRATIFIED CHARGED ROTARIES
..... ROADABLE AIRPLANES USING ROTARY ENGINES
..... VTOL AIRPLANES USING ROTARY ENGINES
OTHER WEB SITES
..... INTERESTING ROTARY ENGINE WEB SITE LINKS
..... PART SUPPLIERS & OTHER WEB SITES
VIDEOS/SOUNDS (Warning these files are large! Requires a high speed Internet connection.)
..... Video interview with John Doonan at the 2008 Daytona Rolex 24 hour GT sports car race. The RX8 won the GT class.
..... Video of 2008 Daytona Rolex 24 hour GT sports car race. Podium interview of the winning RX8 drivers.
..... Video of Al Gietzen's 3 rotor powered Velocity.
..... Video of an interview with Al Gietzen.
..... Interview with Dave Leonard owner and pilot of the RV6 airplane in the following video.
..... Videos of the RX8 racing with Dave Leonard's Turbo Charged Rotary powered RV6
..... Video of Dave Leonard doing a low victory roll in his turbo rotary powered RV6 and departing for home.
..... An excellent movie animation of how the wankel works created by Gene Nomicos. 5.6 meg.
..... Video of a 800HP 3 rotor 120mph boat
..... Introduction to Star Mazda RX8 Engine Formula Racing
..... Before Zoom Zoom there was the ----
..... RX8 Commercial from the UK ... very cool.
..... Late RX8 commerical.
..... I told him there was too much downforce on the nose! Bonneville RX7 crash.