Hi  Guys.

This  is  a  BERKUT VL  rotary  powered coaxial  helicopter  made in
Russia. They  are  supposed  to  conduct  test flights  last quarter
of  2013.     Then total  silence.     Does  anyone  know what
happened ?

Ben  Sison

I remember having read about the people conducting research on RCEs
in Russia, that somebody came and took all the models they had been
working at, and also the production machinery for building more
engines. No idea about the current situation of Wankel production or
research by Russians, but some videos are in YouTube. Best regards.
Salut † Jose Gros-Aymerich Madrid, Spain

Vas built many 1000's of Wankel rotary engines. Mostly copies of
Mazda. The KGB used them because the Russian capitalist mafia did not
have them so they could catch the capitalist crooks  :)

Paul Lamar
    Thanks for the interesting and beautiful photos. Around 1976, Spanish
   Road Police had some BMW motorcycles, but most patrol work was
  conducted on a locally produced motorcycle: Sanglas 400-500.
  Some medium range cars had a top  speed higher than the Police
motorcycles,
  for example, the Simca 1200,  and drivers accelerated in order of
not being caught
  by policemen, and receive a fine, these Simca were built in a Madrid
plant property
   of a local entrepreneur, plant that finally went into the Chrysler
hands, they had
   agreements with Mr Eduardo Barreiros, founder and owner, he started
his business
  career by transforming Gasoline engines for Diesel cycle and fuel,
EB was licensed to
   produce Dodge cars as luxury or government top authoritie's cars.
    Shortly before his death, Mr E Barreiros was called to Castro's
Cuba to start there an
   automotive industry, the only remnants for this attempt are that
people that passed
   the selection process for working in the industry that never
started, have a good reputation,
   and obtain more easily complex and better 'paid' jobs in Cuba.

  An anecdote: in 1972 a teacher in a Medical School bought one of
these Dodge cars, in the
 top version, that included a vinyl cover in part of the roof, and two
metal
 letters on the rear pillar: 'GL', for 'Gran Lujo' -Great Luxury-.
When his wife was shown
 the car, she said: "Paco: (an aka for Francisco) you shouldn't have
bought this car,
 it's tacky, and besides this, your initials are not 'GL', but 'FM".


Some people engaging in small scale bribery, very recently bought cars
 from these years, for example the Seat 124 1600-1800, that had a twin
 overhead cam engine, and was able to travel at a constant speed of
175 km/h,
 well, when the road conditions allowed it, and this made easier for
them to scape
 from the police or rival gangs

--    Best regards. Salut †       Jose Gros-Aymerich

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