I set out this morning to build a lap top Maximite. There are lots of
 jobs a Maximite can do. Literally hundreds. Not just EFI and EFIS.
 Auto pilot any one?

 Another job is measure the compression of a rotary engine 10 times a
  second so one gets a nice pressure curve. If you buy this tool from
  Mazda it is $300 or more. This is used to detect leaking rotor seals
  both apex and side seals.

 Interfacing it  to  two automobile racing weight scales gives a low
 cost aircraft engine dyno as the Maximite can read the wheel weights
  at high speed and average the readings. The torque  and RPM give the
  net HP out of the prop.

 Another job is get pressure wave shapes out of the intake manifold to
 make sure your engine is tunned properly.

 The idea here is change the runner lengths until the torque peak
 matches the prop torque requirements. Best done with a ground
 adjustable prop pitch.

 So I decided to put the Maximite  in a steel box and mount it under
 the Gear Head keyboard. The box is made from air conditioner 24 gage
  sheet galvanized steel. Cheap, easy to cut and bend with no bend
 allowances because it is so thin. It is also readily available
 everywhere.

 Here are some pictures. Pretty much all self explanatory.

 Ask away.

 I may build these Maximite boxes for sale. Let me know if you are
 interested.

 Our Lamar Instruments web site is now:

 www.LamarInstruments.com <http://www.LamarInstruments.com>
<http://www.LamarInstruments.com

 Paul Lamar

 Nice job Paul,

 I made one for mine out of rhino plastic, my keyboard is one of the
 flexible roll up types and a 8in touch screen.

 I since I have also purchased the micromite and the LCD screen for it
 to make a EFIS and another maximite for my EFI and EI controller.

 They are pretty neat and work great.

 David Mikesell

 Mike do you care to share some of that source?

 I am glad to see there is at least one other person with vision out
 there :-)

 I thought a lot about this and there were very few people out there
 with vision. The Wright brothers had it and so did Kenichi Yamato
 with the Mazda rotary.

 Dave Garber, Abel Ibarra and Russ MacFarland on the TTC project. Lou
  Ross on the Ford based gearbox. Reginald Joseph Mitchell for a life
  devoted to fast airplanes like the  Schneider Cup racers and the
 Spitfire. Charles Lindberg for seeing the possibility of flying long
  distances.

 It takes vision to see the possibilities and perseverance to see it
 through..

 These are the achievers.

 Not something one can learn in school.


 Paul Lamar

Nice job Paul,

I made one for mine out of rhino plastic, my keyboard is one of the
flexible roll up types
and a 8in touch screen.

I since have also purchased the micromite and the LCD screen for it
to make a EFIS
and another maximite for my EFI and EI controller.

They are pretty neat and work great.

David Mikesell

Are the photos on the website or did they not attach?

 if I had the funding for half of my "visions" it would change the
 game.

 In other words, I think there a tons of visions (visionaries?) out
 there who have things in life (in my case raising an autism diagnosed
 child) that prevent them from realizing visions. Of course a lot just
 have "pipe dreams" as well, but all I'm trying to add to this train
 of thought of yours, Paul, is that those people you mentioned (the
 likes of Mr. Hughes, etc) all had vision, but perhaps just as
 importantly, they also had gumption. Seems to me it's the combination
 that really separates those that do from those that don't.

 Personally, I am focusing my resources on other things at the moment,
 and prioritizing my dependent above my engineering and hobbying, but
 one of these days that won't be as necessary, and these visions of
 mine will combine with my gumption and I'll be on board with you in
 actually doing some truly innovative creation.

 I can hardly wait. I've created many innovative engineering projects
  out of necessity so far in life, and am SO anticipating the time in
  my life to do so for fun and the pleasure of doing and creating new
  forms of flight and power just to see what happens.

 Thx for the reminder, Paul.

 Best regards-

 Jess Loop

The photo's were attached to the first message in the thread.

Here they are again. They are not on the web site.

If you are using a cell phone you may not get all the photos.

However there is a comprehensive article on how to use computer
captured
intake runner data to tune your engine on the web site.

http://www.rotaryeng.net/fund-of-intake.html

Paul Lamar

Here is the dwg in case you want to build your own.

This is a new concept in lap top computers. A computer dedicated
to machine control.

The Maximite will store hundreds of programs on the 32 Gig! SD Card
It will also work on very little power. No need for 110 Volts.
Works great plugged into a  12 volt lighter socket in a car.

Paul Lamar

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