Drago De Generetz wrote:

Good Morning Sir,

   May I please subscribe to your newsletter? I have
been to your web page and found much interesting
information there. I found the reference to you site
on http://www.robjohnson.com/links.htm. I very much
like the looks of the Velocity.
   My hope is to build and fly my own aircraft within
the next three years and power it with a Wankel. I am
seeking as much information as I can on this subject.
I have been studying Wankel engines for many years,
and I think they would be a good engine for aircraft.
   I am a Mechanical Engineer currently based in
Croatia. My specialty is mechanical injection,
especially on large marine and locomotive Diesels.
   I am currently conducting research into multi-fuel
spark ignition with particular emphasis on
bio-diesel/gasoline/ethanol mixtures for smaller sized
engines for use as auxiliary power units.
   I can see that there is much merit in the Wankel
design.  They are so much more tolerant to low octane
and poor quality fuels obtainable in this country.
   My research so far indicates that Curtis Wright did
much development work in this area. Do you have any
idea what happened as the technology was never
commercialized?

Yours faithfully,

Drago De Generetz

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Yours sincerely,

Drago D
dragoeng@yahoo.com

Welcome Drago.

It came close several times. As I understand it RPI http://www.pegasuspower.com/
is now building a factory in Canada to manufacture engines originally based 
on P&W technology. Smells a bit like a stock scam to me but I hope I am wrong.
Do you know (Drago or Jon) if a wankel will run on biomass gas?
Press release below.

Paul Lamar

"The RPI series 580 rotary engine has been operated on a variety of liquid fuels and
natural gas including methane gas. Since the chicken litter cubes are completely dry and very dense,
they can easily be stored or shipped in bulk or in large storage bags for use as fuel at facilities away from the actual processing facility"

"Wood-Ridge, New Jersey - Wednesday, April 12, 2000 - Mr. Ken Brody, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Rotary Power International, Inc. (?RPI?) and Mr. William Partanen, President
and Chief Executive Officer of BG Technologies USA, Inc. (?BGT?) of Columbia MD, a company
controlled by Swiss Re Investors of Zurich, Switzerland are pleased to announce that they have
signed a Letter of Intent to form a joint venture.   

The joint venture is proceeding to set up a pilot plant to demonstrate the technology and economics
of a BGT gasification system producing low BTU gases to fuel an RPI rotary engine to generate
electricity.  No other engine can operate solely on the low BTU producer gas at the level of efficiency that can be achieved with the rotary engines.   

BGT?s primary focus is integrated biomass gasifier-based energy systems for industrial and
domestic applications.  BGT?s gasification technology provides for an environmentally sound
method of disposing of various biomass waste materials that now threaten water and air resources
throughout the world.  By using these waste materials to generate electrical and thermal energy,
BGT solves both an environmental problem and produces low cost energy for consumption.   

Mr. Brody also announces that RPI has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in New Brunswick,
Canada, Pegasus Technologies Incorporated, (?Pegasus?) to carry on RPI?s manufacturing
operations.   

Manufacturing facilities have been investigated in Saint John, New Brunswick which in addition to
being a seaport, is well connected for North American truck and rail shipping.  Saint John also
provides a cost effective location not only in terms of facility costs but also in the availability of a large labour pool of workers experienced in machinery and heavy industry.   

It is anticipated that production will commence at the existing New Jersey location prior to the new
manufacturing facility becoming operational early in the year 2002.   

RPI is now current with all its filings with the SEC, having recently its filed 10-KSB annual report as at December 31, 1999.  All of the filings and other information will be available on RPI?s new web
site found at www.pegasuspower.com.   

RPI is internationally recognized as the leader in the field of heavy fueled rotary engines especially the Stratified Charge Omnivorous Rotary Engines (SCORE ?).   

RPI?s common shares are quoted on the NASDAQ Bulletin Board under the symbol RPIN." 
 
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