I think this needs saying. We are not assembling airplanes
from kits such as;  put tab A in slot B using off the shelf AC engines.
That truly is a kit plane situation. As such it merely circumvents
the FAA maintenance rules on certified airplanes and trains
one to be an aircraft mechanic.

What we are doing here is building real experimental
aircraft. Engineering applied research and development if you will.

Development  on intermittent internal combustion liquid cooled
aircraft engines stopped after WW II. We are now taking up where
they left off. We are also learning how to apply electronic fuel
injection and electronic ignition to aircraft engines. Even the
certified air craft engine manufactures are moving in that direction.
This is a great service for them at no cost to them.  Last but not
least we are learning how to install Wankel type rotary engines
that are intrinsically more mechanically robust than any piston
engine. Mainly due to far fewer moving parts.

Also the rotary has great potential for applying the turbo
compound principle reducing the fuel consumption of the light
aircraft engine by at least 15% and increasing the range by 15%.
We are very close to getting this to work. Something not likely
to happen with the AC piston engine due to the limitation of
the exhaust valve.

On the other hand this would have a far reaching economic
implications if the world's automotive ICEs were converted
to the rotary turbo compound principle. Imagine how much oil would
be saved world wide if all cars got 15% better mileage. We could
easily show the way.

Don't expect it to be easy or expect these airplanes to be as
reliable as a true kit plane. Thank God for the EAA and
the FAA rules that allow us to do this.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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