>
    > I am about to upload this to the web site.
    > http://www.rotaryeng.net/intake.html
    >
    > Does anybody want to comment?
    > Are there any questions?
    >
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
    >
    >
    > Paul,
    >
    >  This will be very helpful.  Just one nit:  "Dremal" should be
    > "Dremel"
    >
    > Mark
    >
    > Thanks Mark.
    >
    > I also forgot to mention about assembling the engine with
    > out e-shaft and rotors and pressure testing the coolant
    > system to 30 psi to check for leaks. However if this is done
    > right the large area of JB Weld bonded to the vertical walls
    > of the water jacket make coolant leaks unlikely.
    >
    > Anybody else have any comments?
    >
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

   I think it is dead on Paul.  It is without variation the approach I
   have come up with,  BTW, an easy way to trim the insert to fit the
   housing is with a small angle grinder and grinding wheels made for
   aluminum.  This is very fast and easy to control.   Note that the
   full diameter  bore goes all the way through the housing.  There is
   no step.  So I would start with a larger O.D. tube turned down to 2"
   in the portion that is in the housing.  A flange can be left that so
   that there is a positive stop when the insert is inserted.        Jerry

   I want to avoid machine work where ever possible.
   The straight 2 inch tube has worked out well.
   Makes this as cheap and simple as possible.

   BTW it is rather amazing when you think about this.
   We have been thinking about reducing the weight on
   the engine by using aluminum end housings. That
   would screw up the weight and balance of most airplanes
   making them tail heavy. We were thinking down the wrong path :)

   The right path is 50 more HP for the same weight engine.
   Think of all those RV's an Long EZ out there that could
   have 50 more horses with no increase in weight or change
   in weight and balance!
   --
   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


Rrrr..  Wrong answer..  :)  Almost all airplanes can be adapted to a
light engine.  Add a turbo-compound system and/or a constant speed prop,
and/or one/two more rotors to the engine.  Lots of easy ways to put more
functional weight into the engine compartment.


Matt-

If  I had my choice between 50 HP or 50 pounds I would take
the 50 HP :) Unless somebody dies and leaves me 10 million in
the next year or two we won't see turbo compound for quite
awhile. The 50 HP is here now unlike the 50 pounds :)

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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