Please log on to this web site and ask the NTSB for statistical information on the
make and type of engine involved in experimental aviation crashes.

http://www.ntsb.gov/pubmail/pubmail.asp

If enough of us do this the NTSB will start to gather this information.
Right now they are ignoring this factor.

Frankly I don't think the insurance companies have the data and they are just
going on claims. Since there are more Subaru's out there than rotaries
there probably have been  more Subaru claims. I frankly am not sure, 
percentage wise, rotary installations are any more, statistically speaking, 
reliable than Subaru's installations. Most auto engine failures are not 
due to internal structural failure yet. Not enough hours on auto engines. 
IMHO most auto engine failures are plumbing and electrical.

Paul Lamar
 
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