Douglas Fir wrote:

Paul

Is this the small lawnmower size rotary APU you are talking about?

Doug in Japan

It is one 10KW example. It was based on the Norton/Midwest/Diamond engine.
Apparently the auxiliary combustion chamber did not work out so it was 
unsuccessful IMHO.

Wankel Gmbh built some a bit larger (about 75KW) using the same direct injection 
spark assisted approach Francois is using to burn diesel or jet fuel.
Altair in San Diego has also built a few gasoline powered versions based 
on a one rotor Mazda. Some with aluminum end housings detonation coated 
with silicon carbide. I have a lot more pictures of the Wankel Gmbh engine 
if you are interested.

Paul Lamar
 
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