Ken Gillanders wrote:

Hi Paul,

I talked with Bob Monetti this morning. I sent my plexiglass template

for

the intake manifold flange last week. He called and wanted to know what

I

wanted him to do with it. I told him what we were discussing on the chat
line and he got all pumped up. He's an airplane nut too. He asked me to
e-mail you so you could call him for the particulars. He is going to

look

into fabricating my mount also!!! That would be just peachy if he could

pull

that off. I'm a little intimidated to take that one on myself. Maybe you
could send him the design for the hat mount and he could fabricate

mounts

for others, all that would have to be done is to give him the dimensions

for

the firewall from your plans. Just an idea. I must have had the wrong

bit on

my laminate trimmer because that plexiglass sure does melt it took three
tries to get it cut. They told me at Home Depot that it was a plexiglass
cutter. I was still emarrased with what I sent off. You were right about

the

intake manifold and the ports, they are not the same size. The ports on

the

housings are larger than on the manifold, I can't figure out why Mazda

would

do this? This may sound weird but so far cutting out that template was

the

hardest part of my project so far. GET THE RIGHT BIT!!!!!

Ken Gillanders (BD4 Rotary Powered)

Thanks for reminding me Ken. I called and I will take what I have over
to see Robert tomorrow morning.

Paul Lamar

Leslie Huttunen wrote:

Ken,

What is your phone number and/or email?  I have a BD-4 that I would like to
put a rotary into and would like to chat with you and perhaps work together
if you are in S. California.

Leslie Huttunen
310.656.0191

I saw your template over there this morning Ken.
Here is a picture of Robert's machine cutting 1/4 steel plate. Robert is
helping a friend build an RV4 and is real interested in the rotary.

Paul Lamar
 
The Aircraft Rotary Engine Newsletter.              Powered by Linux.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            http://www.linux.org