Paul Carey wrote:

Hi Paul

Ever heard of this Australian company making aero parts - rotary engines

and PSRU's?

http://www.aerota.com/

Regards PC

Paul Carey LAME, MC
Aero Management - aviation consultants.
www.aeromanagement.com.au
(08) 9371 5205  0418 959 892

Is this the Leon from Sydney? I went over to Sydney to check out some

suppliers

he recommended at great expense and almost everything he told me on email

was not

true. Buyer beware. I would not send him money in advance.
I don't really think he has the where with all to pull it off.
He talks a good talk a good talk however. Had me convinced until I went

over there.

His web site is real slick too but web sites are cheap.

Paul Lamar

Paul Carey and others.

To be fair, Leon is a very unusual chap - I'm pleased he has continued with
the development, we need as much of that as possible.

Although not a Pilot (when I visited him), he has a genuine interest in
Aviation and a lot of knowledge in Rotaries - I wish I had this knowledge.

I visited Leon some time ago and I'm afraid we had a clash of either
personalities or direction. I have tried to get him established with
interested Aviation enthusiasts - any support for the Rotary is good in MHO.

I put his PSRU development ideas across a couple of Engineer friends and
they weren't very receptive to the idea, but that's what experimental is all
about. I don't know if the PSRU has been proven or flight tested, but he
does have good support from the Sydney University.

His design is similar to Dun Dunbars in that it uses the Auto bellhousing
and I think the planetary is a cheaper Holden (GMC to the US people) type,
which I think will be OK in Lower HP requirements - only time will tell.

He does however has a vast knowledge of the Rotary engine and is in constant
contact with others in this field. He also would be a good contact for parts
as Sydney would be the best place for parts and he knows who supplies what
in Sydney.

If he is somewhat unusual to deal with put it down to personal
idiosyncratics.

I believe he does supply some parts to people in the US and around
Australia. Leon made a movie while I was there on pulling down and
assembling the Rotary, you can see my arms in it - I thought it was pretty
good.

In conclusion I can well understand why Paul couldn't get along well with
Leon- I left Sydney with the impression that he was making it up as he was
going along, I think he is blessed with his fair share of BS.

I think that is a fair and well balanced representation of the facts, he may
well turn out to be a real asset in the Australian supply of Mazda
components, I think he is honest and reputable in these areas however I did
leave some stuff in Sydney which I paid for and he assured me he would
send - thankfully I no longer need them.

George (down under)

Well that's two of us:) 

His vaunted supplier is JapPerformance who will deal direct
with anybody. Any rotary fan in Sydney would know about JapPerformance.
An auto dismantler that specialize in Mazda rotaries.

I went back there the second time I was in Sydney and bought some 
Mazda turbo parts and brought them back in my check on baggage.

Leon also knows about a Company in Sydney that cast bell housings for adapting
Toyota manual transmissions to Mazda rotaries. Perhaps that is where
he is getting his bell housings.


http://www.japperformance.com/
+61 2 9601 6715 
Facsimile:
+61 2 9821 4525 
 Address:
6 Kelso Crescent,
 Moorebank NSW,
 2170 Sydney,
 AUSTRALIA 
 Postal Address:
  P.O Box 1,
Bankstown NSW,
 2200 Sydney,
   AUSTRALIA 
   mailto: sales@japperformance.com 

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Paul Lamar
 
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