> PATS is a company making APU's for biz aircraft.
> I took these pictures at a biz aircraft show about 10 years ago.
> My son is scanning a bunch of old pre digital camera negatives for me.
> This engine was based on the Norton engine just like the
Midwest/Diamond was.
> It was intended for APU use on a biz jet burning jet A..
> --
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


What would happen if you turbo compounded a diesel rotary engine like
this one?

Les

I am not sure this engine ever worked well. It did not go into production
as far as I know. It is hard to get a high compression ratio with a Wankel.
It might work better if they turbo charged it but they did not as it
would be much more expensive and complicated for an APU.

Diesel compound piston engines have been built and gone into production.
They don't pay off big time because there is so little waste energy in diesel exhaust
to begin with.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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