> Paul,
    >
    > My name is Mike, I have been researching engines for my kit
   plane, I saw
    > your site which intrigued me about rotary engines. I was the
   Lancair fro
    > Tom Parkes runs on a 300hp 20b with constant speed or variable pitch
    > prop. I am building a Seawind, it seems as if this could be a good
    > match. I saw you have a Rhino image of a configuration in a
   Seawind. I
    > did a little more research about Seawind builders and rotary engines.
    > There is a guy named Doug Fir building one, would you have any
    > information about the viability of this setup?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Mike
    >
    > I'll Let Doug himself respond to that as he is on here.
    > We have at least one other Sea Wind builder besides Doug.
    > --
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


   Hi Mike,

   Bob Darrah and Russ Kotlarek are both going with a 20B. I believe we
   have
   another person on this discussion group here with the first name
   Marc. who
   is also going that route. Russ just ordered parts to do an all new
   aluminum
   housing (except for the wide intermediate housing) engine with
   Iannetti $$
   ceramic seals. I personally want to go with an all aluminum two rotor,
   whether that means a very enhanced 13B P-port or the new generation
   16X due
   out in a few years. There are lots of issues to consider, but one thing
   going in our favor is that by losing engine weight we can move the
   battery
   back from the nose and lose another 50lbs in heavy wiring cables. I
   believe
   the SeaWind on a strict diet could easily lose 250lbs and that means it
   doesn't need as much hp. The only time a seaplane really could use the
   extra muscle is for those few seconds on water takeoffs to break
   free of the
   water suction. The design started out flying with 200Hp. Then 250Hp was
   considered ideal as the plane became more reinforced. Now 300Hp is
   standard
   and TIO-540s, and turbines are flying and the design became a IMHO a
   little
   piggy. Like many home builts, the design suffers from Hp creep.


   Regards

   Doug

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