Paul,
You recently made a list of flying aircraft for a new comer. It seemed a
little short to me so I reviewed the info I have on my website and noted 17
rotary aircraft that had left the ground at least once. (Listed Below - note
these here are just the flying aircraft) If you want to seel the rest, the
website is:
members.aol.com/rotaryroster (notice that there is NO www.)
I will probably be updating the website soon, so if anyone has updated info
to send (that you haven't already sent me) this would be a good time. Also,
if there is anyone on this mailing list who is not included on my web site
(and would like to be), please send me the appropriate info and I'll include
you too. You should send:
Name & Hometown
Email address
airframe
engine (ie what year, what mods have you done or planning)
Stage (where are you in the building process, or, how many hours have you
flown)
PSRU (what have your done (or plan) for a psru)
Turbo (are you turbocharging, if so, give specifics)
EFI (what are you doing to get fuel into the engine)
Completion year (or expected)
Comments (this is your chance to ramble....)
Send it direct to me. Thanks.
Dave Leonard
VP4SkyDoc@aol.com
Tracy Crook
Updated: 9/1/00
Home City: Bell, FL
Aircraft: RV-4
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: RWS
Plugs: Standard PSRU: RWS
Complete: 1994 Stage: 1000 + hours
Real World Solutions, provides conversion manual, EFI/Ignition controller,
PSRU, newsletter... advise, innovation and support.
See his webpage at www.rotaryaviation.com
Ed Anderson
Updated:
Home City: Matthews NC
Aircraft: RV-6A
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: RWS
Plugs: Up PSRU: Ross 2.17:1
Complete: 1998 Stage: 100hrs?
See his installation details in Contact! magazine.
Finn Lassen
Updated: 9/1/00
Home City: 0
Aircraft: RV-4
Engine: 13B
Turbo: no EFI: carbs
Plugs: up PSRU: Ross
Complete: 2000 Stage: Flying any day now...
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George Grahm
Updated: 2/19/00
Home City: Buffalo, New York
Aircraft: Modified E-Racer
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: bbl Carter carb
Plugs: Standard PSRU: RX-7 5 spd. transmission
Complete: 1998 Stage: 180 hrs
See his website at http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~ca266/
Comments, Smooth, quiet, powerful, economical!
Yvon Cournoyer
Updated:
Home City: Sherbrooke, Province de Québec.
Aircraft: Zenair Zenith C.H.200
Engine: 13B, 1986, homebuilt intake manifold
Turbo: No EFI: Holley Projection, 2-injector and throtle body
Plugs: Standard PSRU: Homebuilt, based on Richard Finch
1986 design. Cog Belt.2.105:1 stepdown ratio
Complete: 1990 Stage: 186 hrs on airframe; 56 on this, the
3rd engine
For more information: plugsup@olsusa.com
Russell Nance
Updated:
Home City: Elgin
Aircraft: Air Command Tandem Gyroplane
Engine: 13B
Turbo: EFI:
Plugs: PSRU: New Horizons planetary reduction unit with
2.85 ratio.
Complete: Completed in 1998 Stage: 250 hours
Engine has custom exhaust system, webber 48 dcoe side draft with Atkins
intake. Engine was built by Atkins and has proven flawless.
Jim Mayfield
Updated: 1/1/95 Email:
Home City: Avondale, AZ
Aircraft: Custom, 2-place gyropleane
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: No
Plugs: PSRU: Ross 2.85:1
Complete: 1994 Stage: 2700 + hrs
See his article in Contact!
Chuck Harbert
Updated:
Home City: Redmond, WA
Aircraft: Velocity RG
Engine: 20B
Turbo: Yes EFI: Microtech EMS
Plugs: Standard PSRU: Ross (modified)
Complete: July '99 Stage: 30+ hrs total (3 in flight)
IVO Prop. Aircraft still in initial flights.
Andrew Venable
Updated: 1/18/00
Home City: Clinton, Utah
Aircraft: Christavia Mk4, (highwing taildragger)
Engine: 13B, 1987
Turbo: No EFI: Carb: MA 4-5 ( off a Lyc O-360 )
Plugs: up PSRU: Ross 2.85:1
Complete: 1994 Stage: 350 hrs
Propellor: 350+ hours on a 4-blade Warp Drive.
Currently testing a 3-blade IVO
This is a great system.
Ted Ruffli
Updated: 1/1/95
Home City: Alaska
Aircraft: Piper Super Cub
Engine: 13B
Turbo: EFI:
Plugs: PSRU: Ross 2.85:1
Complete: 1995 Stage: 40 + hrs (unknown)
Performance equal to O-360
Perry Mick
Updated: 2/19/00
Home City: Keizer, Oregon
Aircraft: Duckt (Long-EZ)
Engine: 13B, 1986
Turbo: No EFI: Stock
Plugs: Standard PSRU: Direct
Complete: 1999 Stage: 40 hrs
Has his own web site
David Atkins
Updated: 2/23/00 Email: Atkins@accessone.com
Home City: Puyallup, WA
Aircraft: RV-6
Engine: 13B - Custom engine by Atkins Aviation
Turbo: No EFI: Atkins Aviation
Plugs: Standard PSRU: Ross - Atkins modified
Complete: 34881 Stage: 500+ hrs.
Our webpage is www.atkinsrotary.com we have a Q&A section where
you can see past Questions and the Answers. Some have been asked from the
Emails we recieve and some are from the forums and Airshows, which David has
attended or given lectures. Here are some of our Atkins Custom engine
customers:
Chuck Harbert, Tom Park, Al Gietzen, Andy Venable and Russell Nance.
Neil Kruiswyk
Updated:
Home City: Toronto, Canada
Aircraft: Lancair 235
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: SDS
Plugs: Up PSRU: Ross 2.17:1
Complete: 1998 Stage: 55 hrs
Maintains the plus up website at
http://www.members.home.net/plugsup/
Powersport
Updated: 9/1/00
Home City: 0
Aircraft: RV-6
Engine: 13B, Peripheral Port
Turbo: no EFI: Powersport
Plugs: standard PSRU: Powersport
Complete: 2000 Stage: 65 hrs
Probably the cleanest installation around. See their website (link at the
top of this page).
They sell firewall forward packages for this 210 hp engine.
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Gary Buster
Updated:
Home City: Tyler, Texas
Aircraft: Air Command Mazda Tandem w/ 30' RAF blades
Engine: 12A
Turbo: EFI:
Plugs: PSRU: Ross 2.85:1
Complete: 1993 Stage: 720 hrs
Jim Mosur
Updated:
Home City: Caledon, Ont. Canada
Aircraft: RV 6
Engine: 13B
Turbo: EFI:
Plugs: Up PSRU: Ross 2.17-1
Complete: Oct '98 Stage: 73 HRS.
I had not retired yet and owned my own business with machining and welding
equip.,the motor was new , cheap and
smooth as compared to a Lycosauruse. My freind Neil Kruiswyk also had a 13B
in his Lancair 235 I was impressed,
but I guess I really chose the engine because most people at the Brampton
Flying Club said you
had to be nuts to put any auto engine in a airplane and I'm just ornery
enough to prove them wrong
Ron Gowan
Updated: 2/1/95 Email:
Home City: Roanoke, TX
Aircraft: Long-EZ
Engine: 13B
Turbo: No EFI: No
Plugs: Up PSRU: Ross
Complete: 1994 Stage: 76 hrs
See his article in Contact!
I think Ron Gowan & Ted Ruffli are the only two I missed. You missed Tom Jordan :-)
BTW Jim Mayfield had to send his engine back to
Wankel Germany when it failed for some strange reason. I guess he counts for
awhile :-) I talked to him about it at Arlington. He wanted to let
Dave Atkins look at it but Juergen refused and insisted he send it back
to Germany.
Paul Lamar
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