Paul,

I have enjoyed being a fly on the wall reading your newsletter over the
past two years. I have a know-it-all nuclear engineer brother, who still
thinks rotary engines are grenades (Our family was involved in drag
racing in the 60-70's).

The time has just about come to begin developing a more concise plan of
action for beginning my homebuilt. I unquestionably wish to fly some
type of rotary powered craft, and it looks as though I may wish to dream
it around a p-port renesis with turbo compounding. Am I right to imagine
that I can use a 13b aluminum front housing with built in dry-sump
oilpump with this setup? projected 335hp? 280lb FWF wet-weight?
(Including engine mount, turbo compound, PSRU, and adequate cooling.)

I have been considering the Vision as a potential starting point for a
plans built aircraft, as Scott Vanderveen is closing in on getting his
four-place version into the air. I imagine this may be a 7-10 year
project for me, and am hopeful the turbo-compound will actually have
wings by then. Have you heard from others on the board how willing the
kit developers are to work with those intending to install the rotary? I
may be interested in seeking out an incomplete Lancair 4 place
considering the available hp on the turbo.

Do you have any other suggestions for an already sorted plan or kit for
a four-place? RV-10 is a possibility, but I think I would like to work
in composite.

Any sage words on where I should begin?

Thanks for your amazing work,

--
Michael S. Francisco

Michael,
The 4 place Vision would be ideal for a Mazda Rotary engine, however I'm not
up on the 4 place design as it's a "work in progress".

What firewall forward weight limit and HP does Scott and Steve recommend?

Ten years down the track and you could use a 16X engine, which should be out
in about 5 years.
George (down under)

I ,thought Mazda was going to come out with the 16b in a year or two
what happend  and what did I miss ? The ravin might be a good fit
for you.  Their web site is www.ravinaircraftusa.com

Clifton


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