Hi Paul,

I realize everyone loves to extol the virtues of the
high HP end of the rotary engine scene, but is there
any rotary action down at the lower end - the VW sized end ?

Reason I ask I'd that I've elected to build a Hummel H5,
and that single seat crotch rocket (normally powered
by VW up to 80 HP) is just crying out for round engine
power, with it's extra long cylindrical nose.

Regards,

Mike Francis

Help is on the way. There is a company in Germany that is working
on a two rotor version for aircraft based on their widely used
and sold 50 HP one rotor go kart engine. I spoke to them in April
at the European Aero air show. The one rotor version was
supercharged and powered a parachute to 27,000 feet
over Mount Everest.

Contact them directly and let them know you are interested.
Getting a lot of email will speed the process.

Poul Henrik Woelfle AIXRO <ph.woelfle@woelfle-engineering.com>

There is another company in Austria called Austro Engines
but they refuse to sell to the experimental market which
is a huge business mistake IMHO. They have sold over
500 rotary engines to the powered sail plane biz in
Europe.

The experimental market is 20 to 30 percent of the huge
North American general aviation market.
These people do not need FAA certified engines and
they are willing to spend their own time and money testing
your product. It would cost a company millions of dollars
to do the same R&D. This is absolutely priceless R&D.
Feed back from actual users in the field that make a lot
of mistakes a company engineer would not even think of. Mistral
and the New Power Sort, to a certain extent, made the mistake
of not taking advantage of this and went out of business.

Lycoming has recently woken up to that fact
and they are now selling their experimental EFI turbo engine
through Lancair. Lancair manufactures  only experimental aircraft
and in the past has sold only FAA certified Lycoming or
Continental engines.

Here is a picture of a AIXRO Kart engine adapted to a Rotax
gear box and used to fly an ultralight.

You can buy them in the UK from this place. Perhaps
you can find a used one.

http://aim-motorsport.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=10

It is not that hard to a make a two rotor out of
two one rotor engines.

Here is a list of dealers in the US:

Ribtect
Robby Mott
2811 Dell AVE
Venice, CA 90291
1.877.RIBTECT
www.RibTect.com

Advanced Karting
Donald Formal
7221 Haverhill RD
Riviera Beach FL, 33407
305.687.4307
www.AdvancedKarting.com

Rysa Racing
3970 NW 132 ST
Miami, FL 33054
305.687.8711
www.RysaRacing.com

Orbit Racing
7221 Haverhill RD
Riviera Beach FL, 33407
561.840.2109
www.OrbitRacing.com

Race Sport Karting
17047 Beeline HWY
Jupiter, FL 33478
954.610.2433
www.Race-Sport.net

Paul Lamar