Mike Pellegatti wrote:

Hi,
    Just wondered if anyone is making a single rotor wankel out of a dual
rotor Mazda engine. It would seem like a terrific ultralight engine. I have
talked with Atkins and have his prices. Seems there wouldn't be much to it
as far as possibly regrinding the crank, from a Mazda engine, for one rotor
and basically putting it back together as a single. Anyone have any
experience or knowledge with this conversion besides Atkins? Thanks in
advance.

Mike Pellegatti
WildVisions, Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
623-516-1975

Tom Webber wrote:

Hi Mike, There is a subgroup of this news letter doing just that.  The big stumbling block is the single rotor eshaft.  We have a contact in Australia working on that as we speak.  Frank in Canada has already made one and is making another. See attached. We have ordered some tension bolts for the single rotor and with any luck we can obtain some single rotor eshafts, then with some minor machine work on one of the stationary gears we will have a single rotor.

 
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