Hi Paul.
 What can you say about the VAZ rotary engine that will be used in
Berkut VL ? How does it compare to a Mazda ?
 Best regards.

Ben


 Is this the same guy that built the Berkut in the states?
 The Russian VAS is a Mazda copy. A lot of the KGB cars used rotaries
as it was easy for them to catch and apprehend the capitalist :)
 The 3 rotor was certified in Russia as an aircraft engine.
 Paul Lamar


 i  Paul.

 Thank  you  for  the  quick  reply and  the  pictures.

 The  Berkut  VL    is  a  Russian   2-seat  light  helicopter.
 So  I  don't  think  they  are  the  same  guys.

 Is  the  certificate  of  the  3-rotor  VAZ  engine  acceptable
 in  America ?

 Best  regards.
 Ben

 No it does not. Apparently the FAA does not have reciprocity agreement
 with Russia.

 Paul Lamar


Hi!: there's a Russian webpage devoted to Wankel RCEs: http://volnovoidvigatel.spb.ru/ it's in Russian alphabet and in Russian language, but the Google webpage translator canprovide a very acceptable automated translation of the page.If I remember well, I've previously added the link to this Russian page to the Wankel engine article in Wikipedia, but I didn't find this link today. Nice weekend,

regards, salut +

Jose Gros-Aymerich

Madrid, Spain


Google translation.


Fig.2

Engine capacity "VAZ 413" (Figure 2): 2 x
654 cc. Claimed power - 140 HP at
6000. min. Maximum torque
is 186 Nm at 4500 rpm. min. degree
ratio (e) is equal to 9.4


This page of the website of the local Rotary piston engines and other
products, "SKB RAP" completely remodeled.  "SKB RAP", organized in 1974, was
eliminated by the Board of shareholders in February 2004.  For the history
of the plant within the walls of SKB RAP developed more than 35 models of
aircraft and automobile engines, compressors and vacuum pumps, totaling more
than 3,000.  After the liquidation SKB RAP and the transition of the new
bureau in law school for a while RPD made Ltd.  under the "CB RAP", but
within that framework it did not last long - in 2007 of the shops AvtoVAZ in
the direction of "Moscow" was removed the most valuable equipment, and the
rest went to the scrap.  In this regard, there are no more sense to talk
about the shortcomings of domestic RAP and seek guilty, because in this area
there were only some enthusiasts.  In our country, there are not many, and
we are ready to fully support the desire of each of them, or to acquire or
reverse engineering of their cars with rotary-piston engines.


 Paul Lamar