Hi, There is obviously a campaign on to get us to print mazda
stories because I have had 3 diff e-mails today. The problem is not
with us but with your owners and manufactures who do not send us
anything at all on Mazda engines. You send them and I will gladly
print them. We can't feature something we do not have. Norm

Mark Steitle wrote:

Paul & group,
As you know I wrote to Norm at Custom Planes.  Attached is his
response.  He is asking for articles on rotaries to print...  So, what

do you say we give him some!  Maybe an article on the Annual Rotary
Roundup at Tracy's place?

Mark S.

I don't have the time for it. What he is looking for is articles from
rotary engine suppliers so he can hit them up for advertising.

I also don't have hi rez pictures suitable for use in magazine articles.

All I am asking for is fair and balanced reporting on alternative
engines at Sun & Fun.

If somebody can handle it please do.

Paul Lamar

"Johnson, Darren" wrote:

I guess the next question is what will he pay for these articles?  Maybe
someone can make a little side cash and help set the record straight.

That is part of the problem. They don't pay much so most of the articles
are written by somebody trying to sell something. Steve Bennett (Great

Plains)

is using it as a free monthly sales brochure for selling his VW engines :)

Murry Rozansky is pushing the ludicrous, stock Chev LS1 powered, 3900

pound

gross, ducted fan, pusher, NASA funded (our tax money), corrugated wing,
Mark Moore abortion :) Mark Moore is not even a pilot let alone a history

buff.

The Bearhawk article was written by Budd Davidison owner of the BearHawk
kit maker.

Leroy Cook probably got paid by Lancair to write the Lancair ES article.

The same goes for most car magazines. They never ever criticize. They are

merely

glorified sales brochures.

I find all of them mostly irrelevant and not worth $5 or $6.

Paul Lamar

I wish there would be a chance for someone to write a mag like "Sport Rider"
(I think, or similar) from the UK. If a bike doesn't perform it is called so
" it really sucks in turns, wobbels all over the track and braking has you
slider of to the left." US mags would call it "turns are a little
challenging especially while braking, BUT with a little practise it can be
handled just fine. In general it is a nice bike for someone who.....bla
bla".

Unfortunately in the US everything is advertisment based and afraid of
liability suits.

The closest on solid info I run across is Kitplanes.

Although the Rotary hardly gets mentioned, remember that we are online with
it all the time, worse, we are enthusiasts.
What is the general % of rotary powered cars in the world?
Of these, there are for sure quite a few drivers who even don't know what
marvel they have under the cover - it uses gas, I guess it is a motor!!

No wonder no one knows about the Rotary beyond some hear-say.
Then there is still the old concepts of fuel guzzler, oil guzzler, throwing
seals at 30 k km, etc.
I was there too, until I got on this newsletter! What a wakeup!!

But I think Mazda should bring the Renesis into more of its car line up -
sell a couple 4-door family cars and see the engine take off! Lots of
customers will never notice the different engine concept, but the % goes up
and so does the reputation after a (short) while!

Enough rambled,

Thomas J.  :))

 
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