X-Mozilla-Keys:                                                                                 
JMLBlues@aol.com wrote:

Regarding the Wankel engines -- I am very familiar with the Wankel LOCR
series of engines. In a former existence, I was Project Engineer at Rotary
Power International working on a high-output UAV engine derived from the
Wankel design. Some major and very contentious differences evolved between
the two companies, almost (but not quite) winding up in court. I had no
direct involvement in the difficulties, and never even met Jurgen and his
associates. Without getting into a lot of detail, I'd just say that the
Wankel design has a great deal of potential, but it is priced WAY out of
bounds for any marine applications. We were trying to push it to 100 hp on
Jet A (two rotor, turbocharged), and needed to make many design changes to
deal with the substantially increased stresses. The engines do run very
nicely.

Regards,
Jon Lauter
Rotary Power Marine Corporation

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