Hello Guys , I have one question regarding a vertical
installation.
If I isolate the oil circuit with a sump pump and have
the oil tank separated from the engine.
Do you think It would create problem for the engine to
run?

Thank you

Frank

Sustained vertical operation.
I can't say for sure because I have never seen this done.
I am also sure the devil is in the details so it depends
on how well the scavenging system is designed. You would be on
the bleeding edge. You will probably need a scavenge
pump to extract the oil from behind the rear main bearing.
If you don't do this the rear main bearing might overheat.

The other major problem might be... you may not get oil flowing out of
the lower rotor. The rotor may merely fill up with oil allowing
no cool oil to flow in. Effective rotor cooling depends on a constant flow
of cool oil. Therefore the oil cooling of the lower rotor
may not function.

You won't know all this until you try.
It would be safer to use a bevel gear box and run the
engine as Mazda designed it to run.

In VTOL use vertical operations are used for only a few seconds while
landing and taking off.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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