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Regarding our website, it is obsolete but we are working on a new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