Paul,
I recently acquired a dragonfly with a Mazda single rotor 12A turbo engine. It
has the cast iron end plates, a belt reduction drive, and what looks like an
electronic dual ignition. It looks like a fair amount of work has gone in to
getting this set up, but I have no records of the work.
Among my many questions the most important would be:
Is this engine appropriate for this plane?
What would be your guess at weight and Hp for this setup?
I have no experience with rotary engines, but like the concept of reliability.
I'm actually quite close to SZP and could possibly stop by some time if that's
acceptable to you.
Thank you,
Randy
Well it is a bit heavy. Is there any ballast in the tail?
Engine weight with cooling could be as much as 330 pounds
or more. HP could be anywhere from 130 to 250 depending
on intake manifold configuration, boost and PSRU ratio.
Hey no need I'll pop over and take a look. Where are you?
You can answer that by putting the word "PRIVATE" in the subject box.
Is it flying?
Send some pictures.
Paul Lamar
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