Subject: turbo compound project
From: ACRE
Date: 8/23/2004, 10:10 AM



Douglas Fir wrote:


Paul

Perhaps it would be best to  clarify on ACRE that the CVT-TC will



first be tested on the ground throughly before flying it:)
Seawind company is already threatening to cut off technical
support for me because I don't want to use
the recommended Lycoming IO 540.   Testing for me means at  least

100 hours

of real run time and hundreds of tests.

After the turbo compound project is finished and verified a
success I will start with heavy fuel testing. I can't
realistically get the SeaWind in the air before 2007.  So perhaps



you will be flying the compound system before
me:)



It was good speaking with you today.  As an afterthought I highly
recommend having your rotary aircraft engine display at Seven
Stocks. If you can put together a short concise one page report
about the  superiority of the rotary engine and  how it is suitable



for aircraft then I'll translate it print out some copies and get
it right  back to you.  Mention Bucky Fuller's thoughts, that
technology that moves faster often develops faster. Other sheets
can profile some of the ACRE members. In other words put a
professional face on our organization.

I can help fine tune it and translate it into Japanese and print
out some copies of an information kit.  I will give one to the VP
when he is at my place on Sept. 11 and 12 and you can give them to
any Japanese executives that are bound to be there.  Needed are
picture of David and his plane, one with the cowl off, one of
Tracy's plane with the Renesis engine showing, his development of
the EC-2 and PSRU, and other challenges that we have faced and
overcome.  introduction of our compound turbo project. Mention of
Mistral, Powersport and Diamond is also good so they know rotaries
are being developed seriously and professionally.

Perhaps no time for a multi-media presentation but it would be good



to give a little speech thanking Mazda for their hard work in
making such a good product. In public for all to hear we need to
invite them to participate in our discussions and research. They
may only nod there head but the formal offer is made. At minimal
they will thank you for the info. package. This shows a genuine
approach on our part.

In other words we are promoting the application where the rotary
really does zoom.  Aircraft.  Nice TV commercial image is a rotary
doing a low pass over a RX-8 going down the runway.  Put in on a
DVD.  Paul you have a black car which is perfect.  You have lots of



wide open desert or old airport runways  some rotary powered
aircraft with willing pilots.

Picture this  Low camera angle near the ground.  The car approaches



in the shimmering heat.  The plane comes into view from camera
right and makes it approach over the car and out of the frame
seconds before the car. NICE film them separate or together.
"Narrator's voice,  "The Rotary ... for people who expect more from



an engine" To test fly an RX-8 contact your nearest Mazda dealer.

We have about a  a 10 days to prepare. How can other members
assist?  The info kit needs to be in a nice jacket folder that
opens up with pockets on each side. Do we have anyone that make up
about 12 sets? Other info? Desk top publisher?

Best regards

Doug



My RX8 is silver.
Great ideas Doug. I don't think I can get this together for Seven
Stock but next year at OSH and SnF and of course Tracy's flyin.

Dave Leonard are you up for it? All we need is a video camera. I
don't think mine is still working.  We need you over here as a
director Doug. We can send a copy to Mazda Japan if not Mazda USA. I



think they would get a big kick out of it.

I know.... El Mirage dry lake during the week is almost deserted.
What about it Dave? I'll have to drive out and check it out to see
if it is still as I remembered.

Paul Lamar



Ok Paul

Early November.  If Dave doesn't have a camera I can borrow one from
over here.  Surely someone must have a camera in this country.

Doug in Japan


Well I am looking into it. I am not sure my new laptop computer can take
video in from our old 8mm camera and burn a DVD. I think it can. The
other possibility is to rent a DVD camera as we rarely shoot video.

Robin and I are thinking of driving out to inspect the surface of El
Mirage's suitability for landing an RV6. If we do Robin's still camera
can shoot short video clips so we can do that and upload that here so
Dave can see the surface in case he needs to land. El Mirage airport
itself has been bought by General Atomics Aviation Division and used for
testing the Predator.

That could also be used as an emergency landing field particularly if I
warn the rotor head  Predator project engineer Jeff Spitzer that we will
be
in the area shooting a ground air commercial:)

Paul Lamar


Jeff Spitzer wrote:


Paul,

If you are serious about arranging for Elmo as an emergency field you
should contact Gary Bender the airport manager.  
Hope all is well with you and your projects.
Nothing new to report on this end.

Jeff Spitzer
Manager of Mechanical and Powerplant Engineering
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.



Thanks Jeff. We are serious. Just planning contingencies.
Will contact Gary with dates and times when we get set up. 
 
Paul Lamar
 
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