Paul, john Leis has passed on your details so i will mention my use of a
rotary engine. I have a BD5 which flew using the honda installation. back in
1997/8 i met the Midwest team at a show and discovered that they were
looking for a uk based bd5 to use to perfect the installation in bd5's as
they could see a good market for the engine for usa bd5s'.

we had just about completed the installation when the uk caa unilaterally
decided tht they would not give certification to the type. soon after the
midwest parent company pulled the uk operation and from what i am aware of
the tooling parts etc are all sitting in the back of a hangar at viener
neustadt airfield in austria.

the engine i have is a two rotor unit with a test bed max power on the dyno
of 105hp.  we have done many ground engine runs and all looks good. i hope
very soon to have it re registered elsewhere ( still a bit secret until we
actually get a certificate) and flying sometime next spring.
howard cox

Last time I saw the shop in Wiener Nuestat it was hardly in the back of a hangar.
Here are  few pictures.

I think single rotor engines are still in production for motor gliders.
They may have the new 30% larger displacement engine running in one
rotor form by now. These shots were taken in the late winter of 2004.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


Paul, i stand corrected re the austrian midwest. my information had come
from an austrian pilot i met this august who flies from VN and thought that
it wa lying dormant.
i am glad there is activity there as i will need to have some back up from
them when i get my bd operational again.
do you have any names of people there to contact, also email and full
address?
midwest had started to make a larger engine of about 200hp, is this the 30%
larger rotor you mention?
were there any british people working there, i know some had moved when they
initially went to germany but then lost contact.
i also wonder if Ken Huntley is still involved with the engine?
howard



Here are some more pictures. The new Mazda 16B will have a wider
rotor like the ones in these pictures. IMHO it gives a better
combustion chamber shape.

There were two engineers there that Mark and I met.
Richard Negus and Martin Ruhe.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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