> I just found the reference to the lowest recorded SFC in an aviation
> engine.  The 1950 Napier Nomad with a 0.36 SFC turbo-compound,
> supercharged 12 cylider diesel 3,000 hp.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Nomad  Now, that's a
> worthy challenge to beat with a 16X rotary engine. (not the hp,
> the SFC)
>
> Greg
>
>
> They have one in the Ottawa museum as well as the Smithsonian.
> Here are some pictures I took at the Smithsonian.
>
> Paul Lamar


Yes Greg,  but Paul has in store one more reason for a rotary turbo
compound over the Nomad.  Even the inventors at Pratt and Whitney did not
know.  When they but down this paper for a turbo rotary compound
engine http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2004074655

Greg, I wonder if the Canadian Gouverment could give you a grant by
possibly building an even lower BFSC engine than the Nomad.

Marc Joseph
Montréal Canada