Has anyone read this paper or know the authors?
     http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/870449

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     -dave


If you want more info on diesel rotaries search NASA for the SCORE
(stratified charge rotary engine) engines.  Last I heard, John Deere
sold it off and it's dead in the water.  With today's tech, a "multi
fuel" rotary could be built to accomplish everything Curtis-Wright
expected, but you'd have to make your own rotor housings.

Tom CL Motor Sports



For trivia, John Deere sold everything to Rotary International of NJ. After
approximately 3 years they went belly up and David Atkins told me that he
bought everything.

Tom/norpro


I kind of doubt that. There were some huge machine tools that cost millions
to make. One was a custom built trochoid grinder. He needs to define "everything".
The shipping of those machine tools from the east coast to the west coast is not
cheap. They would also fully occupy Dave's hangar :) I have some pictures
around here some place.

Perhaps what Dave got was the residue of Rotary Power
Marine. A wholly owned subsidiary of RPI as far as I know. Its a real shame
they did not make it. They were converting Mazda engines to marine engines.
Initially it was a very nice product IMHO and would have done well if more people
had known more about it. Here are some pictures.

One of the dumb ideas was adding a supercharger which does not help the
fuel consumption. I think Dave was suppling the supercharger to Rotary
Power Marine. Rotary Power Marine marketing left a lot to be desired.
It was kind of a well kept secret. The web site sucked :)

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/461