hi all,  if a hundred or more of us would send Paul a check for a C
note we would get the testing done and start planning the production we
all want.  can anyone estimate the cost on a production basis?  the end
result will be an aircraft worth more when we sell than any lycon in the
sky.  lets get going and make it happen. thanks  wyo. walt


Hold on guys! That is a lot of pressure on me.
She who must be obeyed would never see me and there would be
heck to pay :) I would have to hire an assistant or find a
volunteer to help out.  I appreciate the thought however.

I am not so sure a turbo compound rotary would immediately be
embraced by the aircraft industry. Usually takes years
for a new engine to be accepted. When I started this news
letter seven years ago I thought the rotary would be accepted
rather quickly. Hasn't happened. Yes we are getting more planes
flying every month but no where near as many as I had hoped.
I am not sure if it is the current 5% worse fuel consumption or
not. There is plenty of air cooled aircraft engine infrastructure
out there bad mouthing the rotary because they are afraid
of the competition.  I am sure Francois would agree with
me on all this.

However I do know of a way to speed up the process.
Find somebody willing to install it in a fast airplane and
set a bunch of city to city records in certain weight classes.
A couple of months of flying around and a PR Firm to crank
out the PR ought to do the trick. Also something like a
US to Europe trip would help.

In the mean time I am pushing the P-port as we will get
more faster airplanes to humiliate the competition :)
Too many rotary engine builders cannot get it together well
enough on the side ports to generate a reasonably amount of
power. You have to really mess up bad not to get a bunch
of power out of a p-port engine. If you have less than 200 HP
it is hoe hum. If you have more than 200 HP ears perk up.
If you have 250 HP in most RVs with no weight penalties
things start to happen.

The Everette Hatch Memorial Prize is still in effect.
Anybody averaging over 220 MPH in a sanctioned cross country
race will receive $1000. That means something like the annual
EAA Dayton to OSH race. No doubt an auxiliary fuel tank
will be necessary. All the front runners have them.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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