Mecanair engine/alternator

Hi, Paul....I must apologize for my statement regarding the

single

alternator belt on the Mecanair rotary.  I did not realize

that it had

two

alternators, and that only one is belt driven.  I found this

information at

http://www.mecanair.ch/documents/datasheet.pdf    It requires

Adobe,

but

gives a lot of information and specs on their engine.    Paul

Conner

MRE-FB wrote:

Thanks for your interest in our engine Paul (Conner).  Too bad

we won't

count you among our first clients benefiting from our soon to

come

Privileged Package... but who knows?... We lost a lot of time in
2001-2002 financing the company...

Yes, we have 2 alternators on our engine, although we'll offer

the

side-mounted belt-driven one as an option in the experimental

market

(same for the vacuum pump).  We are now improving the engine

further

towards certification and will locate BOTH alternators on the

back

plate's accessory case and so that the reductor's dry housing

will be

fully closed.

To Bill Jepson: Yes, we shall most probably sell our planetary

reductor

drive separately to private rotary engine owners.  We'll be

taking

orders for both the whole engines and for the drive soon,

hopefully

already at Sun'n Fun.  However, you have to be aware that the

drive was

designed to spin the prop at 2200 RPM on t/o and 2000 RPM in

cruise (for

noise reducing purposes).  Consequently, run-of-the-mill props

will

penalize you on t/o and maximum climb performances.  Our Arrow

will be

equipped with a purpose-built Hartzell prop, optimized for our

RPM

range.

Regarding our website, it is obsolete but we are working on a

new

version to be online for Sun'n Fun.  We'll inform you through

this

newsletter on the new address as soon as it is online.  For the

moment,

I recommend using www.rotary-engine.com.

Finally, the company will be renamed before Sun'n Fun (it

changed

ownership).  I will greatly appreciate the feedback from this
newsletter's readers on the following short list of names

(suggestions

are also welcome):
- Raven Motor Corp  (RAVEN=Rotary Aviation Engine)
- Crane Rotary Engine (Crane, the bird, not the construction

version)

- Stratos Rotary Engine
- Futura Rotary Engine
- SAMTEC Rotary Engine (for Swiss-American Rotary Technology...)
- EUREKA Rotary Engine
- Mistral Rotary Engine
- Sirius Rotary Engine
- Sierra Rotary Engine

Thanks for your input,

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

EUREKA is a vacuum cleaner :) I like RotaryAir.

Paul Lamar

Phil Flaugher wrote:

Second the motion on Rotary Air; the name is self-explanatory.-- 

 
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