Paul, I haven't been on the list, if that is the Rotary engine
newsletter. I would love to join, as I am now considering a rotary
as my engine of choice. Is the sign-up on the site? Thanks for your
reply. I didn't know about the publishing on the internet patent
issue! Thanks for the tip. I am of an age that I was a young Can-Am
fan in your Chapparal days. The racing car connection really pulled
me into your site. I did some work for Kenny Roberts 3 cyl GP bike.
Very small stuff really, but I found out a lot about newer
2-strokes. The power output is absolutely amazing! Honda putting out
200 HP from a 1/2 liter is unreal. The engine was reliable as well,
as race engines go. They were using "funny fuel" from ELF to get
those power levels. No oxy bearing additives or nitro though, just a
very special blend to prevent detonation. The last of the 2-strokes
was back up to about 185 HP using spec fuel. Bill Jepson

Bill not a good idea to publish your email address or home address. I
have no idea who hundreds of people are on this list. The least bad
thing that will happen is you will get tons of junk email. We try to
keep that down.

What do you want to know about Ken Powell's variable rotary engine
port timing?

Paul Lamar

Welcome aboard Bill,
It is SO wonderful to have another 2-stroke guy on the list - I love the things and will
be using a 40 HP Kawasaki snowmobile engine on my miniMax (if I ever get around
to finishing it; rotary stuff seems to be taking up most of my spare time!).  My
background was as a Suzuki / Maico mechanic while in college plus x-country
racing for 20 years. Paul and I have been discussing variable intake port timing for
the last 1.5 yrs or so and Paul built a prototype mechanism for me.  See it on Paul's
website.  Now I have to figure out how to package it under a RV-4 cowl.

Ken Powell

The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.              Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. Copyright 1998-2002 All world wide rights reserved.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            http://www.linux.org