Paul and All,

Some good info from EAA on rotary engines.

Tom

That is mostly outdated by 30 or 40 years :)

I picked out a few that might still be valid and that I recommend
looking into.

Also here is my list of books and tech papers.
http://www.rotaryeng.net/bigbibls.html
http://www.rotaryeng.net/books10.html

Paul Lamar

      Bruce Turrentine
bruceturrentine@aol.com

Real World Solutions Inc., Tracy Crook
www.rotaryaviation.com

Aviator’s Guide to Mazda Rotary Conversions: Tracy Crook, 1936 Nugget Dr., Clearwater, FL 34615,
813-447-6956. Tracy has flown the Mazda 13B in his RV-4 with a Ross drive and has some 400 hours on it as of 3-97.

Rotary Engine - MAZ - 1, Available from SAE, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096.

The Wankel Engine, Available from Chilton Book Company, Philadelphia, PA by Jan P. Norbye, Number 1 SBNO-8019-5591-2.

Study of Advanced Rotary Combustion Engines for Commuter Aircraft, Final Report, Feb. 1983. #N83-17545, Advanced Rotary Engines, May, 1983. #N83-22454 and
An Overview of the NASA Rotary Engine Research Program, Aug. 1984. #N84-28791. All available from US Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

Articles in EAA Publications
Year Month Page Magazine          Article
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2006 05   30    Sport Aviation   Reciprocals & Rotaries Nose to Nose: RV-8 Fly-Off
           Leaves A Lot Up In The Air by Ken Scott (7 pg)
2005 03   16    Sport Pilot   Wankel Introducing 28-hp to 150-hp Engines (2/3
           pg)
2004 07   10    Vintage Airplane Carlson’s Thulin-Built Bleriot (5 pgs)
2003 06   64    Sport Aviation   Bleriot XI & Tummelisa at Sun ‘n Fun 2003 (1 pg)
2003 06   11    Vintage Airplane Sun ‘n Fun Antique Grand Champion Bleriot XI,
           powered by 60 hp Thulin-built Gnome Omega rotary
           engine (photo & caption)
2001 07   44    Sport Aviation   Rotary RVs: Mazda is viable powerplant (1 pg)
2002 02   44    Sport Aviation   Why Not a Rotary? Exploring the Mazda Wankel
           rotary as an alternative aircraft engine (8 pgs)
2000 02   46    Experimenter  Is There a Rotary In Your Future? (4 pages w/
           photos)
98   10   39    Sport Aviation   Wankels at AirVenture ‘98
98   04   16    Experimenter  Engine Q & A (3 pg)
96   07   90    Sport Aviation   Powersport’s Path to Success: Rotary Engine is
           Available for Homebuilders (6 pages with photos)
96   04   12    Sport Aviation   Wankel Rotary Engine Certified in UK (HOTLINE -
           Mid-West Engines, Ltd., Hangar SE 38,
           Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, England Glos
           GL51 6SR, 01-45-285-7456)
96   01   93    Sport Aviation   A Long-EZ That Goes HM-M-M-M (41?2 pages &
           photos)
95   09   64    Sport Aviation   Atkins Rotary Pixra
92   10   28    Sport Aviation   Update on the Powersport engine
91   05   37    Sport Aviation   Rotary Engines Update From Power Sport (5 page
           article and 14 pictures)
91   03   46    Sport Aviation   The Alaskan Bushmaster
90   02   10    Sport Aviation   Powersport (Rotary) Engine In RV-4

Year Month Page Magazine Article
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89 06 43 Sport Aviation   A Rotary Power Odyssey (RV-4)
88 11 98 Sport Aviation   More on John Deere Wankel for Aircraft - 430 HP
88 10 27 Sport Aviation   Norton Rotary Engine - 90 HP
88 10 28 Sport Aviation   BEC (Brockington) Mazda Rotary Conversion
88 08 06 Sport Aerobatics New Wankel Engine Developed for Aircraft
88 07 04 Experimenter     BEC Wankel-Type Aircraft Engines
88 06 09 Sport Aviation   BEC Aircraft Engines, Based on Wankel
87 11 07 Sport Aviation   Mazda BB Rotary Auto Engine Conversion
87 11 07 Sport Aviation   Mazda BB Rotary Auto Engine Conversion
87 06 21 Sport Aviation   Mazda 13B Rotary - Mated With Jongbloed Reducer
87 06 21 Sport Aviation   Mazda 13B Rotary mated with Jongbloed Reducer
86 10 24 Sport Aviation   Mazda Rotaries with New Gear Reductions
86 10 24 Sport Aviation   Mazda Rotaries with new Gear Reduction
85 10 66 Sport Aviation   Aero Tec Rotary (120-220 hp)
85 05 06 Sport Aviation   John Deere - Lycoming Wankel Developments
85 04 08 Sport Aviation   John Deere - Lycoming Wankel Developments
85 03 26 Light Plane      Mazda Rotary Development World
84 06 08 Sport Aviation   John Deere Buys Wankel Rights
83 11 26 Ultralight       New Rotary Engines Delivered (Wankel, 38 HP)
83 07 35 Sport Aviation   A New Wankel - type rotary
80 04 08 Sport Aviation   Rotary Engine (Wankel) Newsletter Available
79 08 09 Sport Aviation   NASA and Curtis-Wright Design Study (note only)
79 06 24 Sport Aviation   RX-3 1/2 Mazda Power Test Flown in GA Trainer
79 04 51 Sport Aviation   Dave Garber Racer - 1/3 page - no pictures
78 09 05 Sport Aviation   Mazda Spark Plug Hole - letter revision
78 05 32 Sport Aviation   Coot Amphibian and Mazda Engine
77 08 49 Sport Aviation   Fairchild 24 & Mazda Wankel (note only)
76 04 59 Sport Aviation   The Rotary Here & Now - Specs (good basics)
75 08 67 Sport Aviation   Mazda Power - 1/2 pg.
75 03 30 Sport Aviation   Ric Jet
74 03 30 Sport Aviation   Wankel Biplane (Sachs power)
73 08 28 Sport Aviation   Gallatin Wankel
73 01 46 Sport Aviation   Gallatin Wankel