Hey Paul,

I’m new to round engines, so-----------.I / we are in need for an
engine for a kit Storch.  I do not like heads sticking out the
side, not real authentic. Mazda engine will fit the bill if we can
make 150hp +-. Will not have to change the cowl.  Why would anyone
want to make a replica that does not look like the original ???

All the best,

Howard Allmon  AeroPacNA

I am at SZP Howard. Where are you?

We are working with a 650 HP  200 pound Mazda rotary engine in a
1000 pound  Harmon rocket in an attempt to set a time to climb
record to 10,000 feet. The plane is in Dan Gray's hangar at SZP.

You could set some new world STOL records with 500 HP.

Here are a bunch of pictures.

Paul Lamar


Howard, do you have any Links to the Storch Kit Manufacture, be
interesting to see...

George Curtis




Just for laughs...

I was thinking of an April Fools article to post in some aviation
magazine next year, about building a 1/3rd scale Spruce Goose out of
home construction materials and powering it with said Mazda engines
for the same reasons, authentic look. "We" had ruled out M14 radials
as not making enough power and being too big around for their power
for anything less than 1/2 scale. We could build and keep it on a
nearby large lake, Gaston on the border between Virginia and North
Carolina. But maybe that 650HP each for 8 engines would be enough for
1/2 scale?

Seriously, I wonder if there is still a single rotor out there (BMW?
motorcycle?) to make 40 to 50HP for an ultra light or near-ultralight
like my Kolb Firestar? (It seems happy with its Generac 990H, but way
too heavy!)

Michael Smith


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