MRE-FB wrote:
Hi,
One piece of advanced news which might be of interest: our 220 hp
turbocharged, FADEC-controlled rotary engine (see attached picture) will
fly by the end of the month in our test Piper Turbo Arrow III in Daytona
Beach, Florida. Our partner Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is in
the process of finishing the installation (see attached pictures)and
will conduct flight testing. If initial flight tests are ok, the plane
will be presented at Sun'n Fun in April.
Case being, look for us on the flight line or on Embry-Riddle's exhibit
(E21-23). This engine will be the first flying of a family spanning the
180-360 hp range (we have a normally-aspirated 180 hp model on the test
bench, 3-rotor models are to follow) which will be available to the
experimental market in the coming months and which is presently being
further developed toward certification and volume production.
Best regards,
Francois A. Badoux
CEO, MecanAir Rotary Engine SA
37, ch. Philibert-de-Sauvage
CH-1219 GENEVA/CHATELAINE
Switzerland
Tel : 011-41-22-797 43 23
Fax : 011-41-22-797 43 59
Mobile : 011-79-210 59 25
Email : mre-fb@bluewin.ch
Unfortunately I was in Switzerland last week and could have visited if I
had
known. Here are some file photos of the Mecanair engine taken at OSH a
few years
ago. I am happy to hear you are considering selling your fine engine
in the experimental aircraft market. Rumor has it one new Van's RV
series
is now completed every day of the year.
Paul Lamar
PS: I see you visited the Geneva Car Show last week... so did I and,
talk about a coincidence, we took pictures of the very same car!!! I am
sure you took notice, but I'd like to emphasize the fact that the hybrid
gasoline/hydrogen RENESIS on that H2-powered prototype RX8 is
turbocharged. The fact that Mazda is doing turbocharged RENESIS (if
only prototypes) is good news in my book... and was news to me. It
means that, using RENESIS side-exhaust port geometry, we could get the
BSFC advantage of the RENESIS over the 13B while retaining the
high-altitude advantage of a turbocharged engine.
PPS: Too bad we didn't get in touch a week or two earlier. Our facility
is only a mile from the Geneva Car Show.
PPPS: Pardon me for trying to pick your brain: Do you know of anyone
doing big (I mean 13B-size) side housings in Al? How do they maintain
planarity? Do they achieve acceptable service life times? Has anyone
experimented with Al-side housings with a ceramic coating to keep
heat... and especially heat differentials... out of the part to avoid
heat-induced warping? Could you recommend injectors which can deliver
at least 90lb/hr in real operations (maintaining a decent minimum pulse
width), good linearity between approx. 30 and 90 lb/hr, as well as
acceptable idle performance? There is simply NO injectors with such
hi-flow specs in Europe (no dragster races on this side of the pond I
suppose). We have found some racing injectors on some US web sites with
the right flow spec, but we have no idea of their linearity and idle
characteristics.
Racing Beat USA sells aluminum side housings. Some of our readers are also
working on two piece aluminum side housings with cast iron wear surfaces.
Injectors listed by flow rate, from lowest to highest
Manufacturer___Part Number__cc per____Colour_____Ohms___lbs per___Est___Press__Vehicle Engine
_____________________________minute_______________________hour_____HP____Kpa
**********************************************************************************************
Nippon Denso__________________250__yellow/orange__1.7_____24.5____50.0____255___Toyota____22RTE
Nippon Denso__________________250_________green__13.8_____24.5____50.0____290--Toyota_____4AGE
Nippon Denso__________________250________violet 13.8_____24.5____50.0____290 Toyota_____4AGE
Nippon Denso__________________250_________brown 13.8_____24.5____50.0____255 Toyota_____3SGE
Nippon Denso__________________251________violet 13.8_____24.5____50.2____290 Toyota____1UZFE
Nippon Denso__________________282___light green 13.8_____27.6____56.4____290 Toyota_____2RZE
Nippon Denso__________________282________violet 13.8_____27.6____56.4____290 Toyota____2TZFE
Bosch________0 280 150 802____284_________________________27.8____56.8____300 Volvo B200Turbo
Nippon Denso__________________295________yellow___2.7_____28.9____59.0____255 Toyota_____7MGE
Nippon Denso__________________295________pink_____1.6_____28.9____59.0____255 Toyota____22RTE
Nippon Denso__________________295________green___13.8_____28.9____59.0____255 Toyota_____3SGE
Bosch________0 280 150 811____298_________________________29.2____59.6____350 Porsche__944 Turbo
Bosch________0 280 150 200____300_________________________29.4____60.0____300 BMW________
Bosch________0 280 150 335____300_________________________29.4____60.0____300 Volvo B230 Turbo
Bosch________0 280 150 945____300_____red/brown___________29.4____60.0_________Ford MotorSport
Nippon Denso__________________315_______pink_____13.8_____30.9____63.0____290 Toyota_____3SGE
Nippon Denso__________________315___light green__13.8_____30.9____63.0____290 Toyota_____7MGE
Bosch________0 280 150 402____338_________________________33.1____67.6____300 Ford________
Bosch________0 280 155 009____346_________________________33.9____69.2____300 Saab____Turbo
Bosch________0 280 150 951____346_________________________33.9____69.2____300 Porsche______
Nippon Denso__________________365____red/orange___2.9_____33.9____73.0____255 oyota____4AGZE
Bosch________0 280 150 024____380_________________________37.3____76.0____300 Volvo_____B30E
Bosch________0 280 150 036____380_________________________37.3____76.0____300 MB________4.5L
Bosch________0 280 150 043____380_________________________37.3____76.0____300 BMW__________
Bosch________0 280 150 835____397_________________________38.9____79.4____300 Chrysler____
Nippon Denso__________________430_________black___2.9_____42.2____86.0____255 Toyota__7MGTE,3SGT
Bosch_________R 280 410 144___434_________________________42.5____86.8____300 Bosch R___Sport
Bosch_________0 280 150 400___437_________________________42.8____87.4____300 Ford_____4.5L
Bosch_________0 280 150 401___437_________________________42.8____87.4____300 Ford_________
Bosch_________0 280 150 041___480_________________________47.1____96.0____300 MB_______6.9L
Bosch_________0 280 150 403___503_________blue____0.5_____49.3___100.6____300 Ford_________
Conversion From cc per min to lbs per hour to HP.
500cc per minute is approximately equal to 49 lbs per hour which is equal to approximately 100 HP.
Common conversions
lbs/hour = cc per minute / 10.2
lbs per hour = HP / 2.04
cc per minute = lbs per hour x 10.2
cc per minute = HP x 5
HP = cc per minute / 5
HP = lbs per hour x 2.04
Note: This is a rough guide for conversions and flow rates.
If you have any information that would help in increasing the quality of this data base,
please send email to steve@aems.com.au.
Paul Lamar
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