The bottom of the first  web page on this airplane says that it will use
two "vankel" type engines made by Vaz in russia.Then it goes on to say
that it will use continental engines. Anybody know what engines they are
intending to use on this plane?
Brian Trubee

Continentals in the US because they are certified. Vaz/Lada Wankels in

Russia

because they are better :)

http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse4(lada2).htm

Ford/Mazda needs to wake up and FAA certify the RX8 engine for use in

aircraft.

We have already showed them how to do it including use of their own

transmission

parts in the psru.

I would be glad to help them in any way I could.

BTW for all you one rotor fans. How many are interested in buying a Russian
one rotor? I am thinking of hopping on a flight to Russia and contacting the

factory.

Paul Lamar

Be intesting to know how many Mazda parts fit/ are interchangeable? They are
pretty good at sticking to the original design.

Márk Wrathall.

As a word of caution, the following statement is copied from the web site:
Rolf Pfeiffer

"But the life of the Lada-Wankel engines is terribly short: 20.000 km!! This
because the Russian alloy is of poor quality: a Wankel engine needs high-quality
materials for the various elements. Making an engine of this type with the Russian
steels, it's like producing an aeromotive engine with the bronze of the antique
coins...These engines are very interesting, but the lacks of money and resources
makes the ideas of the Russians engineers hard to translate in the reality. Still
today, these engines are produced in limited series (also for the aeronautical
use), and used, for example, on the new Lada "110 Super Tourism" (two pics above),
equipped with a two-rotor engine, for the National championships."

That was then! Russians can now buy steel and other metals from anywhere in the world.
Sounds like anti communist propaganda. I flat don't believe it.
Their fighter aircraft and rockets are second to none.

Paul Lamar
 
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