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Mark Steitle wrote:

Paul,

I have not seen the plane in person either but, after looking closely at
the picture again I think you must be right, looks like a shadow from
the prop.  That would be a strange cowl design for sure.

How about a comment on the feasibility of using the oil injector ports
for some form of reduntant fuel delivery in case of efi failure? 
Possibly using Holley jets bonded into the oil injector bodies and fed
from a 3-5 gallon reserve tank?  There seems to be a very good source of
vaccum at these ports, which makes sense since the rotor is on the
intake stroke at this portion of the trochoid chamber.  Of course, this
would only be for use in emergency situations, such as massive
electrical failur

 Mark 

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