Good morning!

A friend sent me a link to your site http://rotaryeng.net/index.html
after we discussed alternative engines, and the Ford/John Deere
Stratified Combustion Rotary in particular.

I have been pursuing alternative engines to the TIGO-541 that powers our
PA31P aircraft (we operate several of these) and the idea of a rotary
has always been front and center with me. When my son (and primary
researcher / rotary fan) was activated (U.S. Navy Reserve) in October or
2007 my research slowed considerably . . . but he's due home within a
month and it's time for me to get in gear again.

Sorry for the long note . . . but one question, if I may. Are you aware
of viable (and perhaps certified or with certification in process) 400+
HP turbocharged engines available, or perhaps any that are looking for
an aircraft as a testbed

Thank you!

~ Nick Jilek
Manager, Aviation
SMC, Ltd.

Mistral is working hard on certification.
http://www.mistral-engines.com/

Paul Lamar

Thank you; I didn't think they were going beyond +/-300 HP. I'll check out their site.

Nick Jilek

Nick, I'm sure you will get several replies, but here it is. Mistral has
listed a 360HP version of the 3 rotor (20B copy) on the website now.
The 300 Hp version is just the engine that they thought they would
do the best with on sales so they did that one first. The 360 Hp
should be an easy scale up of their 2 rotor turbocharged engine
which is already making the planned 230 Hp. Getting the 2 rotor
to a solid repeatable 200 Hp was the harder problem. The rotary
scales well too so the 300 Hp normally aspirated 3 rotor was a
natural since they look very good for power to weight and size
in the 300 Hp range.
Bill Jepson

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