Wrathall Mark wrote:

Leon wrote>

For what it's worth,  these look like they are basically the same engines
that Mid-West engines are "selling??".  Vapour ware???.  Just like the
Wankel GMBH stuff that never happened.   I'm pretty sure that it's the old
Norton motasickel stuff. Good motors,  but for some reason,  the stuff
never seems to actually get on the market,  usually because of financial
shenanigans.  It seems it's just a bait to continually relieve "investors"
of their money.  Lot of these around.  Can't be too careful.

Paul wrote>
I agree about the Norton bit.
No I think they are actually used in UAV's. There are a lots of UAV's around
because they are relatively cheap compared to a manned recon aircraft.

Mark wrote>
I had an email exchange with Chris from UAV about six months ago. They
estimat GBP15,000 (British pounds) for an AR501! This is the Norton engine, 
and they are only
pitching it a military contracts (Deep wallets). Reading between the lines I
get the impression that the rights to the Norton were clearly defined - UAV
miltiary only, and Mid-west civil only.

Paul, who supplied us with the 01/04 Audi engine?? Sounds like a great
design, as the deletion of the center housing is a huge weight reduction. I
suggest the group immediately set up a website to market these things (we
could use Split cycle or Quasi Turbine etc as a template) and start right
away selling stock in the company :)

 
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