Curtis Wright, John Deere, Lycoming, RPI and NASA spent hundreds of
millions
of dollars on stratified charge rotaries and came up with a dead end. There
is no doubt in my mind that some of the fantastic claims of low BSFC s were
out and out lies to pump up the stock value of CW and maybe one or two of
the other companies involved.

Ironically if CW, the father of the most successful turbo compound
engine of
all time, R3350 TC, had identified the turbo compound potential of the
rotary we would be light years ahead now.

Now a couple of us with no money are on the verge of a major break through
in turbo compound rotary engines.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Paul,
I understand your excitement and your frustration. I really hope your
system works well. One of the things I always remember is that 2
un-funded under educated guys learned design and scientific method on
their own and build the first controlled flight airplane. It seems that
often advances must be made by independent experimenters. Government
control too often stifles rather than enhances development. Good Luck
with the gearbox.
Bill Jepson

Thanks Bill.

If you want to see something that is really laughable look
at the projected BSFC s on this chart from SAE paper 871039
Advanced Liquid Cooled Turbo Charged Rotary Engines for Aircraft.
by R. E. Mount & J. Bartel from John Deere and Will Hady NASA.

Some body is lying to somebody big time :)

0.34 BSFC indeed!!!!

NASA may have figured out they were being lied to and pulled
the plug. I have a nose for scams :) Strange that NASA's enthusiasm
for the rotary suddenly died around 1989.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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