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You might want to get some input on the Ross unit..  (Tracy, Ken Welter
others... myself included) Issues with end play,  thrust bearing issues and
pounding away at the flywheel. Ken and I both sent ours back, over and over
again to remedy the issue. Chris Ross was such a nice guy (?) that he fixed
my 2:85 unit and sold it to someone else.  I was out my $2500.00 and my
reduction unit.  Ken sent his dad down there to get all his stuff back..
fortunately for me, his dad found my counterweight in a box and I got it
back.  I've never recouped from that.  I had 15 hrs. on the rotary when I
had the issues..(punched out my front bearing), so..  Not saying the unit
can't work, just..  Tracy did a lot of things to improve from where the
Ross's (mainly Chris..  Lou, his dad..  had passed) were floundering with
some bearing issues.  Ken finally gave up on it (he had a 3:17) and made his
own belt drive reduction. This was a long time ago (back in the late 90's)
Who knows whatever happen to Chris Ross, but....?   There were plenty of
lawsuits from others he'd ripped off..  I would have had to have spent more
than the cost of the unit to go after him, but..   It essentially ended my
project.

bruce Buksyk

In 15 years we got plenty of input :)

When Lou died his son started smoking dope and things went down hill
from there. There is nothing wrong with the basic design.

One is still used on a turbo 3 rotor.

Tracy's unit used a Chev pick up truck rear axle for a prop flange and out put shaft.
The only thing that held the prop on was a pressed on collar :)


Paul Lamar

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