Drago De Generetz wrote:

Good Morning Sir,
   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

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 CW 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.

Blake Mantel wrote:

Hello to all!

Just got back from the "Tour de Sol" (its a solar/electric/alternative powered) race. We burnt our batteries out a bit on the second day (1/2 gal water boiled off...Fugging wrong charger settings. ;(   ) So
we did not do too well this year....

I think this is the material that Drago is referring to:

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html

One of the pickups was powered via a hybrid system that ran off of biodesel. Bio-desel is a transesterfied product made from plant and animal oils and fats. (aka fryer oils) It burns very closely to #2 fuel
oil (diesel) and has lower emissions as well.

Tour link:
www.nesea.org
Look for the tour de sol...

Later,
Blake
http://pages.cthome.net/bmantel/

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