I beg to differ about over the top intake manifolds not being able to work in all applications. I think that if you can get it to fit into an RV-4 cowl, you can get it to fit anywhere. I could be wrong, but you'd never get me to admit it. :-)

I think that the idea of a wrapover manifold where you could have the inlet on either end of the plenum would be the closest thing you could get to a universal part that could be used by the most number of builders.

Come to think of it, if we are looking at trying to get some sort of standard, we would probably want:

Periferial ports
sliding throttle at the ports
wrapover manifold with standardized injector placement
option of which way the plenum faces

These things would probably give us all the features that we would be looking for in a universal wankel aviation engine.

So if we wanted to promote some sort of standard, we'd have to develope suppliers of the following-

periferial port housings
side housings
intake manifolds and fuel rails
throttle bodies

Anyone want to jump into the fray?

Brian Trubee

There is less room over the top of a rotary engine in a KIS Cruiser, a Lancair 240-360-Legacy,
Tailwind and a Dyke Delta to name four than there is  over the top of the rotary engine 
in an RV4. All RV's are easy by comparison. 

I am working on the supplier for a low cost peripheral  port modification and
slide throttle but at least ten at a time will be needed to be ordered. The same guy
did Jerry Hey's Schertz beams. We are still looking for a distributor.


Paul Lamar
 
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