Hi Gang,

Milo here, your number one lurker. Have been playing with an RX-8 engine for
a number of years, making very little progress.

Am older than dirt and would like to be able to put a rotary engine into a
home built before I head west. But time is running short and I have very
little skills and hope that I will ever see that day.

It would appear to me that we might organize our efforts if we could agree
on our goals.

The following set of goals, are suggested;

1. Safety

2. Simplicity (the holy, grail).

3. Economy, .50 - .35 pphphp.

4. 200 - 250 hp.

5. Engine overhaul time, 500 hours. Most home builts never see 500 hours in
their life time and 500 hours would allow an average homebuilder to fly 10
years at 50 hours a year.

6. Minimize FWF weight.

7. Reduction drive.

8. Starter/alternator combination.

9. Induction, direct injection.

10. Ignition.

11. Fuel system, FWF.

12. Cooling oil/water, like the Typhoon perhaps.

13. Exhaust.

14. Engine mount.

15. Plane, RV-x.

Keep in mind these are just suggestions.

Phase 1;

Everyone jump in and have their say.



Phase 2;

After the shouting is done and IF we can settle on a fixed configuration,
dig down in our jeans and come up with a grand apiece to hire an appropriate
manufacturer with a dynamometer test stand on a trailer(for show and tell)
to fabricate a ground test article. We can offset these material costs a
little bit with donations, keeping in mind that this test article does not
require flight worthiness but it does require accurate data output.

It is assumed that the investment would be totally consumed for the ground
test article and the performance data generated. I know everyone has pissed
away a grand on a hot project that came to naught, with our concerted
help/effort this could be a winner.

This whole idea was generated by a mad man, and I will deny having ever
written this. Milo