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

Paul,

If Randy doesn't mind, I think we would all enjoy seeing pictures of this
rotary a/c.

Mark S.



Here are some shots of my engine setup.

Randy