Perry Mick wrote:

Paul wrote:

Friend of mine just sent me this fax from Germany.
We got anybody out there fluent in German?

OK, my wife is German, and she gave me a quick verbal
translation, I'll try to relate:

The Wankel Rotary company in Korb is going out of business.
The German Office of Export forbid the sale of motors to
Israel for use in light, unmanned surveillance aircraft.
(It's not clear if the government shut him down or if he
sold the engines to Israel against the government policy
and they are shutting him down or fining him).
About 85 patents and trademarks are for sale, and the
last 15 employees were let go.

Jurgen Bax together with Danwart Eiermann founded the
Wankel Rotary company in 1993, to build rotary engines
for light airplanes and gocarts.  The rotary engine
is an invention of the legendary Felix Wankel, it
was also known as the Wankel Engine.  The inventor
had worked on his motor since the fifties, and in
the sixties was in partnership with the auto manufacturer
NSU.

--
Perry J. Mick
Mick Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

Ok Perry thanks. I will send you two more sections for translation.

Paul Lamar
 
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