The 'run the dry engine til it dies' side show should have a little more
   thought. A private pilot ticket today is an 8 to 10 THOUSAND dollar
   deal. People with this much disposable income are the people wandering
   Oskosh. Most did not get there by being dullards and will resent the
   insult to their intellengence presented by someone mindlessly destroying
   an engine regardless of what you try to tell them the reason for the
   destruction is. When was the last time you saw Lyc., Cont., P& W., GE.,
   or Rolls Royce promote their engine longevity by  publicly flogging it
   to death.  All this type of display will do is reinforce the idea that
   there is something kinky in the mind of a rotary enthusiast and drive
   open minds to the Lyc tent to see the pristine, new piston engine.  Sell
   the rotary idea at Osk., but sell it on its merit not on cheap tricks.
   Go with an engine clean enough to eat off of. Have it tuned to
   perfection and run it with a wine glass on top filled with champagne!
   Display a cutaway with electrically driven rotor and have a presenter
   explain WHY and HOW the rotary does its work better than a recip. The
   presenter needs to understand these facets COMPLETELY--(many on this
   list still do not grasp the technical marvel of this machine but that's
   OK, too)  Pair this display or parallel it with Mistral whose 'airshow
   engine' appearance will do more to advance the rotary than 10 junk
   engines self-destructing in a cloud of smoke. Treat the rotary engine
   with the utmost of respect and other pilots will begin to give it that
   same respect.              FWIW     Dave


I agree..  If you want to do destructive testing, fine..  Show it on the
video that's displayed in the tent.  I do like the idea of the broken
recip parts though.  Put a price tag on each one (showing how
outrageously expensive they are to replace).

The "Oshkosh engine" should run well, look simple (no mass of
complicated looking plumbing and wires), sound good (this is a biggie),
and swing a giant propellor.  I think it's important to compete with
Lycoming and Continental on sex appeal.  Speaking of which, keeping a
couple attractive women around wouldn't hurt, either.  I might even show
up if you did that..  :)


Matt-


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