Vance W Jaqua wrote:

Heads up corporations like Toyota and Honda, frequently fund programs

like

these
primarily for visibility, and challenges for the engineering staff,

and they

usually make
the correct decision that the market will not suport reasonable

production.

and the
liability exposure is too high. - numerous  piston auto engine

conversions

and derivations
have been certified for aircraft - but never a single Wankel to my

Knowledge

I think the Honda turbofan engine is for real, and may be the final

nail in

the
coffin of the Eclipse.  GM had the ideal small aircraft engine on

their test

stand about 30 years ago - a sidewheeler regen gas turbine that had on

point

specific of better than 0.5. but it and the GM Wankel fell under the
corporate ax  as a victum of the CAFE rulings- Vance

The Diamond Wankel engine is certified and will be standard equipment in
the Katana aircraft. Diamond Aircraft is the second largest producer of
certified light airplanes in the world.  The engine was derived from the
Norton motorcycle engine and was called the Midwest Engine for awhile.

Paul Lamar

Paul - Is that really so?? I thought that Diamond was firmly behind the
Thielert/MBZ Diesel - which make sense in Europe where the
fuel tax is so crazy. The last I heard your rotary guy was not
completely up to speed on the spark ignited heavy fuel operation.
In any case - this is probably what Norm would really like
a write up on possibly as a portion of a SNF report on
rotary activities (I wish I was going - I think Solly would
like for me to ride with him there in his Super Pulsar 100
but I lack enthusiasm for that ride)(incidently that plane
would be a match for the smaller 2 rotor)- Vance

Thielert/MBZ Diesel. Too expensive, too heavy and too little power.
The European governments are catching on to the diesel tax loop hole.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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