Perry Mick wrote:

From

http://www.wingco.com/html/faq.html#engine12

Quote:
What about Rotary (i.e. Mazda based) engines?
The biggest disadvantage of any piston engine is lack of reliability
and vibration due to reciprocating parts (and very high parts count). The
engine is literally trying to tear itself apart while in operation.
First thing  to fail will usually be exhaust valves. Leaning must always be done
with this critical part in mind. The Rotary engine concept is very
important.
However, three very smart people I know have tried installing these
with  many, many problems.
End of quote.

That's funny, I've got 120 hours on mine with no problems.  Looks like
they got everything right until the last sentence.  I've just started
looking at this page, so I haven't seen hardly any of it yet, but 
this caught my eye right away.

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

 
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