The parallel non Reno race is a good call. I would certainly be
willing
to provide engineering input tho the Reno judges that the three
rotor
does not exceed the allowable displacement - even using the most
unfavorable analysis. and tnat it is not some ,magic turbine
machine
that makes Hp out of thin air. The problem with Reno is that it
is a good old boys club of the first order, and you run if they
like you . Rubbing a speed record sanctioned somewhere else
is not quite as good - but they would have trouble ignoring
it. By the way - isn't someone already putting a 3 rotor
in a Lancair? - Vance

Tom Parkes but apparently he does not have $200,000 to spend on a
Reno
like race. Also it is a Lancair ES non retractable let alone a IV
or
a
Legacy.

Maybe we could take up a collection and buy Tom a good prop
provided
he agreed to race it in the Sun 100 :) I am sure he would not go
400
MPH
but 250 would be impressive for a fixed gear airplane.


BTW My rich potential patron is already in the aircraft biz.

If we organized a parallel race part of the sponsor money could be
spent
on full size ads in several aviation publications challenging
anybody
to
race against us with a piston engine. That should optimize the
sponsor's
publicity for the money spent. We better be darn sure we are ready
to
run and win with extensive testing in secret.

I also think if we went 400 MPH in the Sun 100 they would be
impressed.

Hans Conser wrote:

Where are you guys getting the idea that wankels are excluded from
reno?

It says "piston engines" in the rules.

BTW the full page ads can claim the real Reno Racers are "afraid" of
the rotary.
A little controversy is very effective when it comes to publicity.

A wankel is a rotary piston engine, we can enter.

Hans

Have you called them and checked?

Paul Lamar

Geez.  the speeds we are talking about 230 or 250 mph. Easy pickin's, I
think.   We have one  very clean TW with a 180 hp  0-360 able to hit
247  in smooth  air.   Jerry

 
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