I'm new on this scene.  I'll take a moment to introduce myself.  I am
interested in using a rotary in pusher configuration in something like a
Long-Eze.  I am a mechanical engineer.  I design and sell waste management
systems.  If it's heavy, I can design and built it and make it work.  I'm
shifting back to "if it's light...".  I have years of flying and years as a
A&P Helper (high school and college); then years of wishing I could fly; now
facing years of building something to fly!

If anyone has an AutoCAD or other drawing of a 13B or Renesis I'd appreciate
seeing an installation.  I am especially interested in something that has a
small vertical dimension.  That seems to be a possible drawback of using a
rotary VS horizontally opposed piston engine, in that there are components
that are on top of the engine, or at least go across the top, and that adds
to the height.  Does anyone have installation examples of Rotaries with
nothing on top of them, and very little below, either, for that matter, that
they are willing to share?  Vertical space is the limitation.

Jim Beckman.
Austin, Texas

Here is the Skybolt 3D I just finished. The Rx8 engine is
physically the same size as all other 13B engines.

The pix are of Tracy Crooks RX8 installation with a
normally aspirated straight intake manifold.

It is about six inches from the thrust line to the
top of the engine.

Paul Lamar


Here are a few more ideas Jim. Most of the long runners are way too long.
Tuned for max BSFC at 4000 RPM or below.

Paul Lamar

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