Matt,
Some rebuilders don't recommend turbo PP's for street cars, I think the idle
is impossible to manage.
It's fine for racing but the fuel burn is a monster!
I just can't remember all the reasons, as I dismissed it as being out of the
question for my own needs - but someone may have a better idea on the
subject.
George (down under)

Well the HP is a monster too so fuel burn always goes up with HP.
If I remember I'll ask Jim Mederer what BSFC he is getting with his
1200 HP turbo p-port 3 rotor. We don't care about idle in our Reno racer.
3000 RPM idle is  1052 prop RPM. Hardly enough to move the airplane
up a slight incline :)

Paul Lamar

If your goal is to go fast at high altitude, this might be okay too.
Consider the relatively poor
specific fuel consumption of aircraft gas turbines.  Speaking of which,
I am begining to consider
rotaries as the closest thing you can get to a gas turbine, but not.
It's like a gas turbine crossed
with a 2 stroke piston and a 4 stroke piston.

Reno has long runways, and most of the pilots are already a little funny..

Matt-

 
The Rotary Engine NewsLetter.  Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            
Copyright 1998-2004 All world wide rights reserved.