MRE-FB wrote:

Joseph M Berki wrote:

Paul,
        I am supposed to give a talk to our local chapter about the

latest

developments.  What is the origination of the Diamond rotary?  Will

they

eventually find there way into the Katanas?  Is Mecanair/Mistral a

Mazda or

their own design. Origination? The Diamond motor housings look tiny
compared to the 13B.  Thanks for any help.

Joe Berki
Limo EZ
strakes

It started life as a Norton motorcycle engine. When Norton went belly up
for unrelated reasons the rights to make the engine for manned aircraft
were sold to Midwest Engines. About 4 or 5 years ago Diamond bought
Midwest
and moved the company to Germany. Than recently to the Diamond home base
in
Werner Nuestat Austria. They will be stock equipment for Katanas.

Mecanair/Mistral is a Mazda turbo based engine.

Paul Lamar

Joe,

To set the record right, MISTRAL has both turbo AND atmospheric models.
Both are presently 13B based.  Mistral's own rotary block (a necessary
step toward certification) is under development with the first prototype
due in late April.  3-rotor models turbo and atmospheric models are to
follow in 2005.

BTW, Paul slightly slipped on the name of Diamond' home, it is Wiener
Neustadt, Austria...

Francois Badoux
CEO, MISTRAL Engines Inc.

German is not my native language. Actually it is not any of my languages.
Actually I only speak english and not that well :)

Paul Lamar
 
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