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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.
..... Revisiting Rotaries Peter Garrison second article in Flying Magzine. Text


EXAMPLES OF WANKEL TYPE ROTARY ENGINES

















..... Guru Racing 2 rotor main shaft for center main bearing.


EXAMPLES OF ROTARY ENGINE POWERED AIRPLANES


















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.