Paul,
Swiss RV-8 builder Mickey Coggins went to visit the Mistral factory, and
wrote a report about his trip.  Thought you might be interested.

http://www.rv8.ch/article.php?story=20060202202829108

*/Mike
/*a.k.a “Moose”


"The main thing you hear about the rotary is that the fuel flows are too high.
 Francois said this is true with a standard Mazda bolted onto an aircraft,
but not with the Mistral. They have done a lot of work with their intake system,
dual fuel injectors, dual spark plugs, and the dual engine management computer
 (they call it Digital Engine Management or DEM) to get fuel flows down and
power up. They are showing BSFC numbers as low as 0.45 lbs per HP per hour.
This is getting right in there with Lycoming numbers."

In the interest of accuracy Tracy Crook has been enjoying a BSFC
of .47 for quite a few years now.


Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Does anyone have any hard numbers on the SFC of the rotamax wankels?  I know
that they are charge cooled which suggests a built in penalty.

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